Advertisement
Advertisement
son
1[ suhn ]
noun
- a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.
- any male descendant:
a son of the Aztecs.
- a son-in-law.
- a person related as if by ties of sonship.
- a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc.:
a true son of the soil.
- a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.
- the Son, the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.
son-
2- variant of soni- before a vowel:
sonance.
son
1/ ʌ /
noun
- a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
- a male descendant
- often capital a familiar term of address for a boy or man
- a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment
a son of the circus
a son of the manse
Son
2/ ʌ /
noun
- Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԱ, adjective
- ˈDzˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Dzl adjective
- Dzl adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of son1
Word History and Origins
Origin of son1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with son , also see favorite son ; like father, like son .Example Sentences
He said the noise their son Finn made when he was told of his mother's death would stay with him forever.
He told the AFP news agency he immediately ran home to try to find his wife and sons.
She is survived by her daughter Piper, her son Trevor, and her siblings Karen and Michael and four grandchildren.
Lulu Roman, the “Hee Haw” comedian turned gospel singer, has died at 78 in Bellingham, Wash., her son Damon Roman confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter.
She splits her time between there and a home in Yorkshire, where her son is at school, and the challenge claimed she did not primarily reside in Lincolnshire.
Advertisement
Related Words
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse