"parents" meaning in English

See parents in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛərənts/ [UK], /ˈpɛrənts/ [US] Audio: en-uk-parents.ogg [UK], en-us-parents.ogg [US] Forms: parent [singular], parents [plural]
enPR: pârʹ-ənts [UK], pârʹ-ənts [US] Head templates: {{noun|parent}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The plural form of parent; more than one (kind of) parent. A person's mother and father.
    Sense id: simple-parents-en-noun-682hW2UP Categories (other): Plurals

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɛərənts/ [UK], /ˈpɛrənts/ [US] Audio: en-uk-parents.ogg [UK], en-us-parents.ogg [US] Forms: parent [canonical], parents [third-person, singular], parented [past], parented [past, participle], parenting [present, participle]
enPR: pârʹ-ənts [UK], pârʹ-ənts [US] Head templates: {{verb|parent}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of parent.
    Sense id: simple-parents-en-verb-ZmPBcUFb
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parent",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "parent"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Plurals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My parents won't let me go out this weekend because I got a bad grade on a test."
        },
        {
          "text": "His parents got divorced this summer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The plural form of parent; more than one (kind of) parent. A person's mother and father."
      ],
      "id": "simple-parents-en-noun-682hW2UP"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛərənts/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛrənts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parents"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parent",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parents",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parented",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parented",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parenting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "parent"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "The third-person singular form of parent."
      ],
      "id": "simple-parents-en-verb-ZmPBcUFb"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛərənts/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛrənts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parents"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parent",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "parent"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Plurals"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My parents won't let me go out this weekend because I got a bad grade on a test."
        },
        {
          "text": "His parents got divorced this summer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The plural form of parent; more than one (kind of) parent. A person's mother and father."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛərənts/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛrənts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parents"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parent",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parents",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parented",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parented",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parenting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "parent"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Third-person singular forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The third-person singular form of parent."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛərənts/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pârʹ-ənts",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛrənts/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-parents.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parents"
}

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