Definitions for parents
par·ents

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1. parentsnoun

   one's mother and father

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1. Parents

   Parents is a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Bob Balaban and written by Christopher Hawthorne. It stars Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Bryan Madorsky. The film is about a suburban boy in the 1950s who suspects his parents of cannibalism.

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1. Parents

   Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.

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1. PARENTS

   One of the hardships of a minor's life.

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1. parents

   Plural form of the word parent.

   Her parents are both still alive and enjoy a healththy and active lifestyle.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'parents' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #591

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'parents' in Written Corpus Frequency: #743

Anagrams for parents »

1. arpents, entraps, Napster, panters, pastern, trepans

How to pronounce parents?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say parents in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of parents in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of parents in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of parents in a Sentence

1. Glenn Youngkin:

   The FBI needs to stop trying to silence parents in Virginia… and investigate this entire circumstance, we need a governor who's going to go to work for parents.

2. Simon Li:

   A lot of parents are really interested in making a difference and being a part of this trial, that's really cool to see.

3. Helen Hayes:

   From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

4. Ahmed Salim:

   We also have a degree of awareness that our parents did not have. We are also connected to the world through social media and television.

5. Chad Griffin:

   It also flies in the face of overwhelming evidence that children being raised by same-sex parents are just as healthy and well-adjusted as those with different-sex parents. At a time when so many children in foster care need loving homes, it is sickening to think that a child would be taken from caring parents who planned to adopt.

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