parental
adjective
Everyday
- Parental means of or about parents, or from a parent. tree →
- Parental care is the way animal or human parents look after their young. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life: parental permission (a slip a parent signs), parental controls (settings on devices that limit what children can see). In science: parental care in animals and features passed from parents. Phrases: «parental consent», «parental guidance (PG)», «parental leave».
Examples
- You need parental permission for the trip. tree →
- The tablet has parental controls. tree →
- This film is rated PG: parental guidance. tree →
- Emperor penguins show strong parental care. tree →
- Dad took parental leave when the baby was born. tree →
- Parental consent is needed to join the club. tree →
- Parental love is very strong. tree →
- Fill in the parental form. tree →
- And now, together with my parental blessing, I bequeath to you this doll. tree →
Note
Stress: pa-REN-tal (different from PAR-ent). Adjective only; noun is «parent». PG = parental guidance.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «parental» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «parental» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/parental/