mother
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈmʌðə/, SAMPA: /"mVD@/
- (US) IPA (key): /ˈmʌðɚ/, SAMPA: /"mVD@`/
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Noun
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- (countable) A mother is the woman who is one of a person or animal's parents.
- My mother read me a story and put me to bed every night when I was a child.
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Third-person singular |
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- (transitive) If you mother someone, you take care of them as if you were their mother.
Members of a family (edit) |
parent: father - mother | spouse: husband - wife | child: son - daughter | sibling: brother - sister | uncle | aunt | nephew - niece | cousin | grandparent: grandfather - grandmother | grandchild: grandson - granddaughter |