MOM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of mom in English
Synonyms
ma informal old-fashioned
mama UK , old-fashioned or US informal
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parent My parents died when I was young. biological parent Some children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents. adoptive parent When he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents. mother Have you met my mother? father My father fully supports my life choices. mom US His eyes filled with tears when he saw his mom and dad.
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(Definition of mom from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of mom
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I don't have to worry about my mom .
When his mom's car broke down, she made sure he got to work, to class.
These came from a mom during the 1940s.
A lot of it is predicated on tests that are currently going on with his mom .
There were also those who continued to work full-time while raising children, and those who chose to be full-time stay-at-home moms.
I think the best thing my mom has done that lets me open up to her is she's not overbearing.
My mom used to throw in an egg for protein too, never did get salmonella!
And we get in the car, and my mom is kind of exaggeratedly swerving.
He brought her to his office and called her mom .
It used to be that you'd hear about these kinds of home remedies from your mom .
On the road, a minivan makes a left a little too fast -- nothing ominous, just a mom late for pickup.
They'd call other friends and tell them to come over and see what my mom could do.
The mom stays inside most of the time, as the country deals with civil strife.
We believe that every new mom should be required to get this new vaccination.
That's when mom's stop letting their kids outside to play.
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Translations of mom
in Chinese (Traditional)
母親, 媽媽…
in Chinese (Simplified)
母亲, 妈妈…
in Spanish
madre, mamá, mamá [feminine…
in Portuguese
mamãe, mãe, mãe [feminine]…
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mamma [masculine], mamma…
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