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parenting

/ˈpɛəɹəntɪŋ/

parenting noun: the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. Also the present participle and gerund of parent.

Noun

parenting (countable and uncountable, plural parentings)

  1. The process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood.
    • authoritarian parenting style
    • neglectful parenting style

Also used as

parenting is also the present participle and gerund of parent.

parenting meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

parenting in Hindi

पेरेंटिंग

parenting in Marathi

पालकत्व, पालकांचे संगोपन, पालकांचे पालनपोषण

parenting in Urdu

والدین سازی

parenting in Bengali

অভিভাবকত্ব
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parenting in Telugu
పేరెంటింగ్, తల్లిదండ్రుల పెంపకం
parenting in Malayalam
രക്ഷാകർതൃത്വം, രക്ഷാകർത്തൃത്വം
parenting in Kannada
ಪೋಷಕರಾಗುವಿಕೆ
parenting in Punjabi
ਪਾਲਣ-ਪੋਸ਼ਣ, ਪੇਰੈਂਟਿੰਗ
parenting in Gujarati
વાલીપણું, પેરેંટિંગ, પેરેન્ટિંગ
parenting in Odia
ଅଭିଭାବକତ୍ୱ, ଅଭିଭାବକତ୍ବ
parenting in Nepali
अभिभावकत्व, अभिभावककरण
parenting in Malay
keibubapaan
parenting in Indonesian
pengasuhan, keorangtuaan

Examples of parenting in a sentence

  • In the past, parenting was a more gendered activity with more distinct male and female roles.
  • Cribs and formula, strollers and baby food epitomize silky parenting.
  • Both of them worked, so they practiced a sort of tag-team parenting, swapping mornings and afternoons when the kids weren’t in school.

All 34 example sentences with parenting

Forms of parenting

pluralparentings

Words formed from parenting

Questions about parenting

What does parenting mean?
Parenting means the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood.
What is parenting in Hindi?
Parenting in Hindi is पेरेंटिंग. See Parenting meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is parenting?
Parenting is a noun.
How do you pronounce parenting?
Parenting is pronounced /ˈpɛəɹəntɪŋ/.
What is the plural of parenting?
The plural of parenting is parentings.

Words near parenting in the dictionary

  1. parentification
  2. parentified
  3. parentifies
  4. parentify
  5. parentifying
  6. parenting
  7. parentings
  8. Parentis
  9. parentish
  10. parentism
  11. parentisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parenting (page history and authors); parenting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parenting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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