- 1[countable] a person's male child We have two sons and a daughter. They have three grown-up sons. He's the son of a professor. Maine & Sons, Grocers (= the name of a company on a sign) Topic CollocationsChildrenhaving a baby/child
- want (to have) a baby/a child/children/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult birth/labor
- be in/go into/induce labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/a baby/a daughter/a son/twins
- bring up/raise a child/a family
- care for/watch a baby/child/kid
- change a diaper/a baby
- nurse/feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/high-quality, affordable childcare/a nanny
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family (life)
- educate/teach/home-school a child/a kid/children
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/a kid/children
- adopt/foster a baby/a child/a kid/children
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
- 2[singular] (informal) a friendly form of address that is used by an older man to a young man or boy Well, son, how can I help you?
- 3[countable] (literary) a man who belongs to a particular place or country, etc. one of France's most famous sons
- 4my son (formal) used by a priest to address a boy or man
- 5the Son [singular] Jesus Christ as the second member of the trinity the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit Idioms
- 1a performer, politician, sports player, etc., who is popular where they were born
- 2a candidate for president who is supported by his or her own state in the first part of a campaign
from one generation of a family to the next
used to say that a son's character or behavior is similar to that of his father
a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home
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