1 [usuallypl.] a person's father or mother:
He's still living with his parents. * her adoptive parents * Sue and Ben have recently become parents. * It can be difficult to be a good parent.
seealsoONE-PARENTFAMILY, SINGLEPARENT, STEP-PARENT
2 an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants:
the parent bird / tree
3 (often used as an adjective) an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type:
a parent bank and its subsidiaries * the parent company
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