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daughter
[ daw-ter ]
noun
- a female child or person in relation to her parents.
- any female descendant.
- a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent:
daughter of the church.
- anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin:
The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
- Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
adjective
- Biology. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication:
daughter cell; daughter DNA.
daughter
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
- a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents
- a female descendant
- a female from a certain country, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc filial
a daughter of the church
- archaic.often capital a form of address for a girl or woman
adjective
- biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind
- physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay
Derived Forms
- ˈ岹ܲٱ, adjective
- ˈ岹ܲٱԱ, noun
- ˈ岹ܲٱǴǻ, noun
- ˈ岹ܲٱ-ˌ, adjective
- ˈ岹ܲٱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 岹ܲt· adjective
- 岹ܲt· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of daughter1
Word History and Origins
Origin of daughter1
Example Sentences
Executive editor Tanya Simon, who is running the program on an interim basis, is the daughter of the late Bob Simon, a well-known correspondent for the program.
T&T Supermarket first opened in British Columbia in 1993 and is currently run by the founder’s daughter, Lee, who took over in 2014.
She is survived by her daughter Piper, her son Trevor, and her siblings Karen and Michael and four grandchildren.
Lydia, Ms Chick's youngest daughter, told the court Butler "didn't love" her mum.
A mother is on mission to make high school proms more affordable after her daughter missed two events due to Covid.
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