parented
parented is the simple past and past participle of parent.
Meaning of parent
Verb
parent (third-person singular simple present parents, present participle parenting, simple past and past participle parented)
- To act as parent, to raise or rear.
- However, even with money and caregivers, the child is left without a parent and most likely without a plan for their emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being. A time will come when you will no longer be able to parent your child, period.2006, Natalie Bandlow, Parent to Child the Guide: How to Create a Comprehensive And Meaningful Journal to Prepare Your Child for Life, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1
- To provide a parent object for one or more other objects, which become the children.
Adjective
parented (not comparable)
- Having the specified kind or number of parents.
- a two-parented family
Words formed from parented
Phrases with parented
Questions about parented
- What does parented mean?
- Parented means having the specified kind or number of parents.
- What is parented the simple past and past participle of?
- Parented is the simple past and past participle of parent.
- What part of speech is parented?
- Parented is an adjective.
Words near parented in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: parented (page history and authors); parent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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