Meaning ofparentin English

Noun

1. a person raising a child; caregiver
2. a biological or adoptive mother/father
3. a company controlling another; sponsor
   The parent company will oversee the merger.
4. a step or adoptive parent figure
   Her stepmother became a loving parent to her.
5. biological ancestor; mother or father
   The child's parent was called to the school.
6. organism of origin (plants, animals)
   The parent plant produced several healthy offspring.
7. superior node (computing context)
   The parent node in the tree structure contains the child nodes.