A1 (Basic)

drive

drive [verb] (USE VEHICLE)
US /draɪv/ 
UK /draɪv/ 
Example: 

Don't drive so fast! 

To make a car, truck, bus etc move along

drive - رانندگی
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

Don't drive so fast! 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

drive

 noun

1 a journey in a car:
It's a long drive from London to Edinburgh.
We went for a drive in my sister's car.

2 a wide hard path or private road that goes from the street to one house:
You can park your car in the drive.

3 (computing) the part of a computer that reads and stores information:
I saved my work on the C: drive

 

 verb (drives, driving, drove /, has driven )

1 to control a car, bus, etc. and make it go where you want to go:
Can you drive?
She usually drives to work.

2 to take somebody to a place in a car:
My parents drove me to the airport.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

drive

I. drive1 S1 W1 /draɪv/ BrE AmE verb (past tense drove /drəʊv $ droʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪvən/)
[Word Family: noun: ↑drive, ↑driver, ↑driving; verb: ↑drive; adjective: ↑driving]
[Language: Old English; Origin: drifan]
1. VEHICLE
a) [intransitive and transitive] to make a car, truck, bus etc move along
drive to/down/off etc
I am planning to drive to Morocco next year.
the man driving the car
Can you drive?
So when did you learn to drive?
Bye! Drive carefully!
He drives 12 miles to work.
He drives (=has) a BMW estate.
b) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there:
After the accident, the other car just drove off.
c) [intransitive] if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car:
Shall we drive or take the bus?
drive to/down/off etc
They drove back to Woodside.
d) [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc:
She drove Anna to London.
I’ll drive you home.
drive yourself
I drove myself to hospital.
2. MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE [transitive] to force a person or animal to go somewhere:
Torrential rain drove the players off the course.
With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure.
3. MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING [transitive] to strongly influence someone to do something
drive somebody to do something
The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her.
drive somebody to/into something
The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide.
Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife.
4. MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BE IN A BAD STATE [transitive] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one
drive somebody crazy/nuts/mad/insane (=make someone feel very annoyed)
This cough is driving me mad!
drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited)
drive somebody up the wall/out of their mind (=make someone feel very annoyed)
drive somebody to distraction/desperation
The mosquitoes drive me to distraction.
drive somebody/something into something
The factory had been driven into bankruptcy.
5. HIT/PUSH SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING [transitive] to hit or push something into something else
drive something into something
We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground.
She drove her heels into the sand.
6. MAKE SOMEBODY WORK [transitive] to make a person or animal work hard
drive yourself
Don’t drive yourself too hard.
7. SPORTS [intransitive and transitive]
a) to move a ball etc forward in a game of baseball, football, golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast:
He drove the ball into the corner of the net.
b) to run with the ball towards the ↑goal in sports such as ↑basketball and American football
8. PROVIDE POWER [transitive] to provide the power for a vehicle or machine
petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc
a petrol-driven lawn mower
9. RAIN/WIND ETC [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction:
The rain was driving down hard.
10. drive a coach and horses through something to destroy an argument, plan etc completely:
The new bill will drive a coach and horses through recent trade agreements.
11. MAKE A HOLE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery:
They drove a tunnel through the mountains.
12. drive something home to make something completely clear to someone:
He didn’t have to drive the point home. The videotape had done that.
13. drive a wedge between somebody to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other:
I don’t want to drive a wedge between you and your father.
drive/strike a hard bargain at ↑hard1(18)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 4)
■ phrases
drive somebody crazy/mad/insane spoken (also drive somebody nuts spoken informal) (=make someone feel very annoyed) The continuous noise was driving me crazy.
drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited) He drives women wild.
drive somebody up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (=make someone feel very annoyed) That voice of hers drives me up the wall.
drive somebody to distraction (=make someone feel very upset or annoyed) She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits.
drive somebody to despair/desperation (=make someone despair) Escalating personal debts have driven many people to despair.
drive somebody to drink (=make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol) His problems had almost driven him to drink.
drive at something phrasal verb
what somebody is driving at the thing someone is really trying to say SYN get at:
I still couldn’t understand what Toby was driving at.
drive somebody ↔ away phrasal verb
to behave in a way that makes someone leave:
He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away.
drive something ↔ down phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc fall quickly:
We have to drive down costs.
drive somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
to hit the ball so that another player can score a ↑run in baseball
drive off phrasal verb
1. to hit the ball to begin a game of golf
2. drive somebody ↔ off to force a person or animal to go away from you:
We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders.
drive somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
1. to force someone or something to leave:
Downtown stores are being driven out by crime.
2. written to make something stop existing:
As we went forward, our fear was driven out by horror.
drive something ↔ up phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc rise quickly:
The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.
II. drive2 S2 W2 BrE AmE noun
[Word Family: noun: ↑drive, ↑driver, ↑driving; verb: ↑drive; adjective: ↑driving]
1. IN A CAR [countable] a journey in a car
drive to/along etc
Let’s go for a drive along the coast.
Taylor took me for a drive through the town.
an hour’s/a two hour etc drive
It’s a two hour drive from Calais to Thiepval.
2. NATURAL NEED [countable] a strong natural need or desire:
The treatment will not affect your sex drive.
3. OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE [countable] the hard area or road between your house and the street SYN driveway
in/on the drive
He parked his car in the drive.
4. EFFORT [countable] an effort to achieve something, especially an effort by an organization for a particular purpose:
a recruitment drive for new members
an economy drive (=effort to reduce spending)
drive to do something
a nationwide drive to crack down on crime
5. DETERMINATION [uncountable] determination and energy to succeed:
Brian has got tremendous drive.
6. POWER [uncountable] the power from an engine that makes the wheels of a vehicle go round
front-wheel/rear-wheel/four-wheel drive
7. COMPUTER [countable] a piece of equipment in a computer that is used to get information from a ↑disk or to store information on it
hard/floppy/A etc drive ⇨ ↑disk drive
8. SPORT [countable] an act of hitting a ball hard, especially in tennis, baseball, or golf:
He hit a long, high drive to right field.
9. MILITARY ATTACK [countable] several military attacks
drive into
a drive deep into enemy territory
10. ANIMALS [countable] when animals such as cows or sheep are brought together and made to move in a particular direction
11. Drive used in the names of roads:
141 Park Drive

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drive

drive [drive drives drove driving driven] verb, noun   [draɪv]    [draɪv] 

 

verb (drove   [drəʊv]  ;   [droʊv]  , driven   [ˈdrɪvn]  ;   [ˈdrɪvn]  

VEHICLE
1. intransitive, transitive to operate a vehicle so that it goes in a particular direction
Can you drive?
Don't drive so fast!
I drove to work this morning.
Shall we drive (= go there by car) or go by train?

~ sth He drives a taxi (= that is his job).

2. transitive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to take sb somewhere in a car, taxi, etc

• Could you drive me home?

3. transitive ~ sth to own or use a particular type of vehicle

• What car do you drive?  

MACHINE

4. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to provide the power that makes a machine work

• a steam-driven locomotive  

MAKE SB DO STH

5. transitive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to force sb to act in a particular way
• The urge to survive drove them on.

• You're driving yourself too hard.

6. transitive to make sb very angry, crazy, etc. or to make them do sth extreme
~ sb + adj. to drive sb crazy/mad/insane
~ sb to do sth Hunger drove her to steal.
~ sb to sth Those kids are driving me to despair.

(humorous) It's enough to drive you to drink (= to make you start drinking too much alcohol).  

MAKE SB/STH MOVE

7. transitive ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to force sb/sth to move in a particular direction
• to drive sheep into a field

• The enemy was driven back.  

CAUSE STH TO MAKE PROGRESS

8. transitive ~ sth to influence sth or cause it to make progress

• This is the main factor driving investment in the area.  

HIT/PUSH

9. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to force sth to go in a particular direction or into a particular position by pushing it, hitting it, etc

• to drive a nail into a piece of wood  

MAKE A HOLE

10. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to make an opening in or through sth by using force

• They drove a tunnel through the solid rock.  

IN SPORT

11. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (+ adv./prep.) to hit a ball with force, sending it forward

• to drive the ball into the rough (= in golf )  

WIND/WATER

12. transitive ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) to carry sth along

• Huge waves drove the yacht onto the rocks.

13. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to fall or move rapidly and with great force
• The waves drove against the shore.

more at run/drive/work yourself into the ground at  ground  n., drive/strike a hard bargain at  hard  adj., needs must (when the devil drives) at  need  n., as clean, pure, etc. as the driven snow at  snow 

Word Origin:
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben.  
Thesaurus:
drive verb
1. I, T
I learned to drive at 17.
steerhandle|BrE manoeuvre|AmE maneuver
drive/steer/handle/manoeuvre a car
2. I, T
We've driven over 200 miles today.
travelgocomedo
drive/travel/go/come from/to sth
drive/travel/go/come/do 50 miles/10 kilometres, etc.
drive/travel/come a long distance
3. T (sometimes disapproving)
You're driving yourself too hard.
work|disapproving overwork|usually approving push
drive/work/push sb hard
drive/push sb too far/to the limit
drive/work sb into the ground  
Collocations:
Driving
Having a car
have/own/ (BrE) run a car
ride a motorcycle/motorbike
drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(NAmE, informal) a stick shift
have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
buy/sell a used car/(especially BrE) a second-hand car
take/pass/fail a (BrE) driving test/(both NAmE) driver's test/road test
get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (BrE) driving licence/(NAmE) driver's license
Driving
put on/fasten/ (NAmE) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
start the car/engine
(BrE) change/ (NAmE) shift/put sth into gear
press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
release the clutch/(especially BrE) the handbrake/(both NAmE) the emergency brake/the parking brake
drive/park/reverse the car
(BrE) indicate left/right
(especially NAmE) signal that you are turning left/right
take/miss (BrE) the turning/(especially NAmE) the turn
apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
beep/honk/ (especially BrE) toot/ (BrE) sound your horn
Problems and accidents
a car skids/crashes (into sth)/collides (with sth)
swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
crash/lose control of the car
have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(NAmE) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
dent/hit (BrE) the bonnet/(NAmE) the hood
break/crack/shatter (BrE) the windscreen/(NAmE) the windshield
blow/ (especially BrE) burst/puncture (BrE) a tyre/(NAmE) a tire
get/have (BrE) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
Traffic and driving regulations
be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
experience/face lengthy delays
beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
break/observe/ (NAmE) drive the speed limit
be caught on (BrE) a speed camera
stop sb for/pull sb over for/ (BrE, informal) be done for speeding
(both informal) run/ (BrE) jump a red light/the lights
be arrested for/charged with (BrE) drink-driving/(both US) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
be banned/ (BrE) disqualified from driving 
Synonyms:
take
lead escort drive show walk guide usher direct
These words all mean to go with sb from one place to another.
taketo go with sb from one place to another, for example in order to show them sth or to show them the way to a place: It's too far to walk— I'll take you by car.
leadto go with or go in front of sb in order to show them the way or to make them go in the right direction: Firefighters led the survivors to safety.
escortto go with sb in order to protect or guard them or to show them the way: The president arrived, escorted by twelve bodyguards.
driveto take sb somewhere in a car, taxi, etc: My mother drove us to the airport.
showto take sb to a particular place, in the right direction, or along the correct route: The attendant showed us to our seats.
walkto go somewhere with sb on foot, especially in order to make sure that they get there safely; to take an animal, especially a dog, for a walk or make an animal walk somewhere: He always walked her home. Have you walked the dog yet today?
guideto show sb the way to a place, often by going with them; to show sb a place that you know well: She guided us through the busy streets. We were guided around the museums.
usher(rather formal) to politely take or show sb where they should go, especially within a building: She ushered her guests to their seats.
direct(rather formal) to tell or show sb how to get somewhere or where to go: A young woman directed them to the station.
to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide/usher/direct sb to/out of/into sth
to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide sb around/round
to take/lead/escort/drive/walk sb home
to take/lead/escort/guide sb to safety
to lead/show the way  
Example Bank:
He was arrested for driving recklessly.
I'll drive you home.
She drove quickly back to the office.
She got into the car and drove away.
We drove from Quebec to Ottawa.
You shouldn't drive so fast!
driving from London to Manchester
Driving lessons can be expensive.
Have you ever driven a racing car?
He drives a taxi.
He took a wooden peg and drove it into the ground.
Hunger drove them to steal.
I asked the man to drive me home.
I learned to drive when I was 25.
It's enough to drive you to drink.
It's the story of a teenager driven to despair by the hypocrisy of the adult world.
My mother drove us to the airport.
Shall we drive or go by train?
Someone had driven a nail deep into the wood.
The knife had been driven through his heart.
They run a driving school in Birmingham.
They were driven to an unknown place in the hills.
They're intending to drive from Seattle down to San Diego.
We drove the rest of the way in silence.
We must have driven over 600 kilometres today.
What type of car do you drive?
You need a special licence to drive a heavy goods vehicle.
You're driving yourself too hard.
Idioms: drive a coach and horses through something  drive something home  what somebody is driving at
Derived: drive away  drive off  drive on  drive somebody away  drive somebody off  drive somebody out  drive something up

noun  

IN/OF VEHICLE
1. countable a journey in a car or other vehicle
Let's go for a drive.
a drive through the mountains

It's a three-hour drive to London.

2. countable, uncountable the equipment in a vehicle that takes power from the engine to the wheels
the drive shaft
a car with four-wheel drive

a left-/right-hand drive car (= a car where the driver and the controls are on the left/right)  

OUTSIDE HOUSE

3. (also drive·way) countable a wide hard path or a private road that leads from the street to a house
There were two cars parked in/on the drive.

 

EFFORT

4. countable an organized effort by a group of people to achieve sth
a recruitment/export/economy drive
~ for sth a drive for greater efficiency

~ to do sth the government's drive to reduce energy consumption  

 

DESIRE/ENERGY

5. countable, uncountable a strong desire or need in people

a strong sexual drive

6. uncountable (approving) a strong desire to do things and achieve sth; great energy

He'll do very well— he has tremendous drive.  

 

IN SPORT
7. countable a long hard hit or kick
She has a strong forehand drive (= in tennis ).

He scored with a brilliant 25-yard drive.  

COMPUTING

8. countable the part of a computer that reads and stores information on disks or tapes
a 750GB hard drive
a CD drive

see also  disk drive  

GAMES

9. countable (BrE) a social occasion when a lot of people compete in a game such as whist or bingo  
ANIMALS/ENEMY

10. countable an act of chasing animals or the enemy and making them go into a smaller area, especially in order to kill or capture them  

ROAD
11. Drive (abbr. Dr) used in the names of roads
21 Island Heights Drive  
Word Origin:
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben.  
Thesaurus:
drive noun C
We went out for a drive.
ride|BrE lift
a drive/ride/lift from/to sth
a drive/ride/lift back/home
take/go on/go for a drive/ride
give sb/hitch a ride/lift 
Synonyms:
campaign
battle struggle drive war fight
These are all words for an effort made to achieve or prevent sth.
campaigna series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim: the campaign for parliamentary reform an advertising campaign
battlea competition or argument between people or groups of people trying to win power or control: She finally won the legal battle for compensation. the endless battle between man and nature
strugglea competition or argument between people or groups of people trying to win power or control: the struggle for independence the struggle between good and evil
battle or struggle?
A struggle is always about things that seem absolutely necessary, such as life and death or freedom. A battle can also be about things that are not absolutely necessary, just desirable, or about the pleasure of winning: the battle/struggle between good and evil ◊ a legal struggle for compensation ◊ a struggle of wills/wits.
drivean organized effort by a group of people to achieve sth: the drive for greater efficiency a drive to reduce energy consumption
campaign or drive?
A campaign is usually aimed at getting other people to do sth; a drive may be an attempt by people to get themselves to do sth: From today, we're going on an economy drive (= we must spend less) . A campaign may be larger, more formal and more organized than a drive.
war[sing.] an effort over a long period of time to get rid of or stop sth bad: the war against crime
fight[sing.] the work of trying to stop or prevent sth bad or achieve sth good; an act of competing, especially in a sport: Workers won their fight to stop compulsory redundancies.
war or fight?
A war is about stopping things, like drugs and crime, that everyone agrees are bad. A fight can be about achieving justice for yourself.
a campaign/battle/struggle/drive/war/fight against sth
a campaign/battle/struggle/drive/fight for sth
a one-man/one-woman/personal campaign/battle/struggle/war
a bitter campaign/battle/struggle/drive/war/fight
to launch/embark on a campaign/battle/drive
to lead/continue the campaign/battle/struggle/drive/fight
to win/lose a battle/struggle/war/fight 
Example Bank:
A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.
A number of police cars blocked the drive.
All my family live within an hour's drive.
Cole scored with a thunderous left-foot drive.
He hit a line drive straight at me.
He lacks the competitive drive needed to succeed.
He pulled into a long drive leading up to a large villa.
He walked up the front drive of the vicarage.
It's a pleasant drive to the coast.
It's one of the most scenic drives in Europe.
Left-hand drive cars make driving in Britain difficult.
Let's go for a drive.
The Popular Front spearheaded the drive for independence.
The lakes are only a short drive away.
The spots will run during drive time radio.
There was a car parked on the drive.
We organized a food drive for the city's homeless shelters.
We're going to launch a big recruitment drive in the autumn.
You need to inject more narrative drive into the story.
a drive against corruption
a drive towards higher safety standards
a forehand drive down the line
a housing development within a 30-minute drive time from the airport
the country's drive for modernization
the recent recruitment drive by the police
From today, we're going on an economy drive.
He offered to take me for a drive later in the day.
He played a crucial role in the drive for greater efficiency.
He was tired after the long drive home.
He'll do very well— he has tremendous drive.
I took the car for a test drive.
She is leading the recruitment drive.
The beach is a 20-minute drive away.
The government has launched a drive to reduce energy consumption.
The treatment should not affect your sex drive or fertility.
We have this insatiable drive to be successful in the markets we serve.

We went for a drive along the coast.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drive

drive (COMPUTING) /draɪv/
noun [C]
a device for storing computer information:
a disk/tape drive
a floppy/hard drive
a DVD drive.

drive (PLANNED EFFORT) /draɪv/
noun [C]
a planned effort to achieve something:
The latest promotional material is all part of a recruitment drive.
I'm meant to be on an economy drive at the moment, so I'm trying not to spend too much.

drive (PROVIDE POWER) /draɪv/
verb [T] drove, driven
1 to provide the power to keep a machine working, or to make something happen:
The engine drives the wheels.
Water drives the turbines which produce electricity.

2 If you drive a ball, you hit it hard so that it travels a long way:
Slater drove the ball down the fairway.

drive /draɪv/
noun
1 [U] energy and determination to achieve things:
We are looking for someone with drive and ambition.
[+ to infinitive] He has the drive to succeed.
Later on in life the sex drive tends to diminish.

2 [C] (in sport) a powerful hit which sends a ball a long way

driven /ˈdrɪv.ən/
adjective
describes someone who is so determined to achieve something or be successful that all their behaviour is directed towards this aim:
Like most of the lawyers that I know, Rachel is driven.

-driven/-drɪv.ən/
suffix
The new ships, propelled by gas turbines, require less maintenance than older, steam-driven ones.
The fact remains that there are some public services that cannot be entirely market-driven (= controlled by economic forces).

driver /ˈdraɪ.vəʳ/ US /-vɚ/
noun [C]
a type of club (= long thin stick) with a wooden head, used in golf

driving /ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ/
adjective [before noun]
1 strong and powerful and therefore causing things to happen:
Driving ambition is what most great leaders have in common.
She was always the driving force behind the scheme.

2 driving rain/snow rain/snow that is falling fast and being blown by the wind:
Driving snow brought more problems on the roads last night.

drive (FORCE) /draɪv/
verb [T] drove, driven
1 to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something:
They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen.
By the end of the year, most of the occupying troops had been driven from the city.
For the second time in ten years, the government has driven the economy into deep and damaging recession.
A post had been driven (= hit hard) into the ground near the tree.
[+ to infinitive] In the end, it was his violent behaviour that drove her to leave home.

2 to force someone or something into a particular state, often an unpleasant one:
In the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes.

drive (ROAD) /draɪv/
noun
1 [C] (ALSO driveway) a short private road which leads from a public road to a house:
I parked in the drive.

2 used in the names of some roads, especially roads containing houses:
12 Cotswold Drive

drive (USE VEHICLE) /draɪv/
verb [I or T] drove, driven
to move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially as the person controlling the vehicle's movement:
I'm learning to drive.
"Are you going by train?" "No, I'm driving."
She drives a red sports car.
They're driving to Scotland on Tuesday.
We saw their car outside the house and drove on/past/away.
I drove my daughter to school.
Compare ride.

drive /draɪv/
noun
1 [C] a journey in a car:
It's a long drive from Glasgow to London.
Shall we go for a drive this afternoon?

2 [U] the system used to power a vehicle:
a car with left-hand/right-hand drive (= in which the driver sits in the seat on the left/right).
a four-wheel drive vehicle

-driven/-drɪv.ən/
suffix
He arrived every morning by chauffeur-driven car.

driver /ˈdraɪ.vəʳ/ US /-vɚ/
noun [C]
someone who drives a vehicle:
a bus/lorry/truck/taxi driver
The driver of the van was killed in the accident.

driving /ˈdraɪ.vɪŋ/
noun [U]
a driving lesson/school/test
She has to do a lot of driving in her job.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

drive

/draɪv/
(drives, driving, drove, driven)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction.
I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner...
She never learned to drive...
Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy’s convertible.
VERB: V prep/adv, V, V n
driv‧ing
...a qualified driving instructor...
N-UNCOUNT

2.
If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle.
His daughter Carly drove him to the train station.
VERB: V n prep/adv

3.
A drive is a journey in a car or other vehicle.
I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday.
N-COUNT

4.
A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person’s house.
= driveway
N-COUNT

5.
If something drives a machine, it supplies the power that makes it work.
The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
VERB: V n

6.
You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks and tapes, or writes data onto them.
...equipment such as terminals, tape drives or printers.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
see also disk drive

7.
If you drive something such as a nail into something else, you push it in or hammer it in using a lot of effort.
I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground...
I held it still and drove in a nail.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv

8.
In games such as cricket, golf, or football, if a player drives a ball somewhere, they kick or hit it there with a lot of force.
Armstrong drove the ball into the roof of the net.
VERB: V n prep/adv, also V n

9.
If the wind, rain, or snow drives in a particular direction, it moves with great force in that direction.
Rain drove against the window.
VERB: V prep/adv
driv‧ing
He crashed into a tree in driving rain.
ADJ: ADJ n

10.
If you drive people or animals somewhere, you make them go to or from that place.
The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand...
The smoke also drove mosquitoes away.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv

11.
To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation.
The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy...
He nearly drove Elsie mad with his fussing.
VERB: V n into/to n, V n adj

12.
The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it.
More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide...
Jealousy drives people to murder...
...people who are driven by guilt, resentment and anxiety.
...a man driven by a pathological need to win.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n to n, be V-ed, V-ed

13.
If you say that someone has drive, you mean they have energy and determination.
John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.
N-UNCOUNT

14.
A drive is a very strong need or desire in human beings that makes them act in particular ways.
...compelling, dynamic sex drives.
N-COUNT

15.
A drive is a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose.
The ANC is about to launch a nationwide recruitment drive...
= campaign
N-SING: with supp

16.
Drive is used in the names of some streets.
...23 Queen’s Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire.
N-IN-NAMES

17.
see also driving

18.
If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.
It was clear Cohen didn’t understand what Millard was driving at.
PHRASE: V inflects

19.
to drive a hard bargain: see bargain

brother

brother [noun]
US /ˈbrʌð.ɚ/ 
UK /ˈbrʌð.ər/ 
Example: 

My parents love me and my younger brother equally.

A male who has the same parents as you

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

My parents love me and my younger brother equally.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

brother

 noun
a man or boy who has the same parents as you:
My younger brother is called Mark.
Gavin and Nick are brothers.
Have you got any brothers and sisters?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

brother

I. brother1 S1 W1 /ˈbrʌðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑brother, ↑brotherhood; adjective: ↑brotherly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: brothor]
1. a male who has the same parents as you ⇨ sister:
I have two brothers, William and Mark.
elder/older/younger etc brother
My younger brother is a doctor.
little/kid brother (=younger brother)
I have to take my little brother to school.
My big brother (=older brother) has always looked after me.
my twin brother
2. spoken informal a word meaning a black man, used especially by other black men
3. a male member of a group with the same interests, religion, profession etc as you
4. (plural brothers or brethren) a male member of a religious group, especially a ↑monk:
Brother Justin
5. American English a member of a ↑fraternity (=a club of male university students)
6. brothers in arms literary soldiers who have fought together in a war
⇨ ↑Big Brother, ↑blood brother, HALF BROTHER, ↑stepbrother
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + brother
an older/elder brother I have two older brothers.
a big brother (=older brother - used especially by or to children) Jake was my big brother and I admired him.
a younger brother Do you have any younger brothers?
a little brother (also a kid brother American English) (=younger brother) My kid brother was always annoying me.
a baby brother (=brother who is still a baby) Mum let me hold my new baby brother.
a twin brother Luke and his twin brother Sam went everywhere together.
a half-brother (=brother with only one parent the same as yours) I never really liked my half-brother.
a step-brother (=the son of your stepfather or stepmother) His dad’s new wife brought him two step-brothers.
II. brother2 BrE AmE interjection especially American English
used to show you are annoyed or surprised:
Oh, brother – I really don’t want to deal with this now.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brother

brother [brother brothers brethren] noun, exclamation   [ˈbrʌðə(r)]    [ˈbrʌðər]

noun  

IN FAMILY
1. a boy or man who has the same mother and father as another person
We're brothers.
He's my brother.
an older/younger brother
a twin brother
Does she have any brothers and sisters?
Edward was the youngest of the Kennedy brothers.
He was like a brother to me (= very close).

see also  half-brother, stepbrother  

OTHER MEN

2. (pl. brothers or old-fashioned brethren)used for talking to or talking about other male members of an organization or other men who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself
We must work together, brothers!
We are all brothers in the fight against injustice.
He was greatly respected by his brother officers.

We must support our weaker brethren.  

IN RELIGIOUS GROUP

3. (also Brother)(pl. brethren or brothers) a male member of a religious group, especially a monk
Brother Luke

The Brethren meet regularly for prayer.  

FORM OF ADDRESS

4. (NAmE, informal) used by black people as a form of address for a black man  

AT COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
5. (in the US) a member of a fraternity (= a club for a group of male students at a college or university) 
Word Origin:
Old English brōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater.  
Example Bank:
Bill idolizes his big brother, who is a professional footballer.
Do you have any brothers and sisters?
He married the wife of his late brother.
His old teacher greeted him like a long-lost brother.
She wrote daily to her beloved brother, Leo.

The boys are so close, they're like brothers.

exclamation (old-fashioned, especially NAmE) used to express the fact that you are annoyed or surprised
Oh brother!  
Word Origin:

Old English brōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brother

brother /ˈbrʌð.əʳ/ US /-ɚ/
noun [C]
1 a man or boy with the same parents as another person:
Do you have any brothers and sisters?
I have three brothers and a sister.
Johnny is my younger/older/big/baby/little brother.
My brother lives in Washington.

2 a man who is a member of the same group as you or who shares an interest with you or has a similar way of thinking to you:
[as form of address] "Let us unite, brothers and fight this unjust law!"

3 used as the title of a man, such as a monk, who belongs to a religious organization:
Brother Michael and Brother John were deep in conversation.

4 US INFORMAL sometimes used by a black man to address or refer to another black man

brotherly /ˈbrʌð.əl.i/ US /-ɚ.li/
adjective
showing the kindness, interest or affection that you would expect a brother to show:
Can I give you some brotherly advice?

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

brother

/brʌðə(r)/
(brothers)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

Note: The old-fashioned form 'brethren' is still sometimes used as the plural for meanings 2 and 3.

1.
Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you.
Oh, so you’re Peter’s younger brother...
Have you got any brothers and sisters?
N-COUNT: oft poss N
see also half-brother, stepbrother

2.
You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you.
He told reporters he’d come to be with his Latvian brothers.
N-COUNT: usu poss N

3.
Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery.
...Brother Otto.
...the Christian Brothers community which owns the castle.
N-TITLE; N-COUNT; N-VOC

4.
Brothers is used in the names of some companies and shops.
...the film company Warner Brothers...
N-IN-NAMES

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

brother

broth·er /ˈbrʌðɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count]
1 : a boy or man who has one or both of the same parents as you
• my little/younger brother
• her big/older brother
• Her brother was adopted.
- compare brother-in-law, half brother, stepbrother
2 : a man who is from the same group or country as you
• his college fraternity brothers
• We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.
3 pl broth·ers or breth·ren /ˈbrɛðrən/ : a male member of a religious group
• the brothers in a monastery
- used especially as a title
Brother John
4 US informal : a black man - used especially by African-Americans;
5 US informal
- used when talking to a man
Brother, do you have an extra cigarette?
Brother, you have got to relax.
6 chiefly US informal
- used as an interjection to express surprise or annoyance
Brother was I ever sick. [=I was very sick]
• Oh, brother!

learn

Learn [verb]
US /lɝːn/ 
UK /lɜːn/ 
Example: 

They learn Russian at school.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

learn

 verb (learns, learning, learnt or learned /, has learnt or has learned)

pronunciation
The word learn sounds like turn.

1 to find out something, or how to do something, by studying or by doing it often:
When did you learn to swim?
I learnt English at school.
Learn this list of words for homework (= so you can remember them).

2 to hear about something:
I was sorry to learn of your father's death.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

learn

learn S1 W1 /lɜːn $ lɜːrn/ BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle learned or learnt /lɜːnt $ lɜːrnt/ especially British English)
[Word Family: noun: learner, learning, unlearn; verb: learn; adverb: learnedly; adjective: learned]
[Language: Old English; Origin: leornian]
1. SUBJECT/SKILL [intransitive and transitive] to gain knowledge of a subject or skill, by experience, by studying it, or by being taught ⇨ teach:
What’s the best way to learn a language?
learn (how) to do something
I learnt to drive when I was 17.
Hector spent the winter learning how to cope with his blindness.
The teacher’s task is to help the pupil learn.
learn (something) from somebody
I learned a lot from my father.
learn about
Kids can have fun and learn about music at the same time.
learn what
Youngsters must learn what is dangerous and what is not to be feared.
The student will learn from experience about the importance of planning.
► Do not say that you ‘learn someone something’ or ‘learn someone how to do something’. Use teach: I taught him how to send an email.
2. FIND OUT [intransitive and transitive] formal to find out information or news by hearing it from someone else or reading it SYN discover:
I didn’t tell her the truth. She would learn it for herself soon enough.
learn of/about
He learned about his appointment by telephone yesterday.
learn (that)
Last week I learned that I was pregnant.
She was surprised to learn that he was a lot older than she had thought.
learn whether/who/why
I waited to learn whether I’d secured a college place.
We have yet to learn who will be the new manager.
3. REMEMBER [transitive] to get to know something so well that you can easily remember it SYN memorize:
The actors hardly had time to learn their lines before filming started.
4. CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOUR [intransitive and transitive] to gradually understand a situation and start behaving in the way that you should
learn (that)
They have to learn that they can’t just do whatever they like.
learn to do something
Young hairdressers must learn to treat the client as a person, not a head of hair.
I’ve told him a hundred times not to bully people, but he never learns.
learn from
You have to learn from your mistakes (=understand why what you did was wrong).
the lessons learned in the Gulf War
5. somebody has learned their lesson used to say that someone will not do something wrong or stupid again, because they suffered as a result:
I’ve learned my lesson; I’ve now got a burglar alarm and a guard dog.
6. learn (something) the hard way to understand a situation or develop a skill by learning from your mistakes and bad experiences
7. that’ll learn somebody! spoken used when something bad has just happened to someone as a result of their actions, especially when they ignored a warning
live and learn at ↑live1(20)

THESAURUS
learn to gain knowledge of a subject or skill, especially by being taught or trained: How long have you been learning Italian? | What age can you learn to drive in America?
study to learn about a subject by reading books, going to classes etc, especially at school or university: She’s studying music at Berkeley College in California.
train to learn the skills and get the experience that you need in order to do a particular job: Julie’s training to be a nurse.
pick something up to learn something without much effort, by watching or listening to other people: It’s easy to pick up a language when you’re living in a country. | The rules of the game are easy – you’ll soon pick them up.
get the hang of something informal to learn how to do or use something that is fairly complicated, especially with practice: It took me a while to get the hang of all the features on my new camera.
revise British English, review American English to study facts again, especially on your own, in order to learn them before an examination: Jenny’s upstairs revising for her Maths exam tomorrow.
master to learn something so well that you have no difficulty with it, especially a skill or a language: She gave me a book called ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’. | I learnt Spanish for years but I never really mastered it.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

learn

 

learn [learn learns learned learnt learning]   [lɜːn]    [lɜːrn]  verb (learnt, learnt   [lɜːnt]  ;   [lɜːrnt]  ) or (learned, learned)
1. transitive, intransitive to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc
~ sth to learn a language/a musical instrument/a skill
~ sth from sb/sth I learned a lot from my father.
~ sth from doing sth You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.
~ (about sth) She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.
The book is about how children learn.
~ to do sth He's learning to dance.
~ how, what, etc… He's still learning how to dance.

Today we learnt how to use the new software.

2. intransitive, transitive to become aware of sth by hearing about it from sb else
Syn:  discover
~ of/about sth I learnt of her arrival from a close friend.
~ (that)… We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.
~ who, what, etc… We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.
~ sth How did they react when they learned the news?

it is learned that… It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.

3. transitive ~ sth to study and repeat sth in order to be able to remember it
Syn:  memorize

We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.

4. intransitive, transitive to gradually change your attitudes about sth so that you behave in a different way
~ (from sth) I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes.
~ (that)… He'll just have to learn (that) he can't always have his own way.
~ to do sth I soon learned not to ask too many questions.
more at know/learn/find sth to your cost at  cost  n., you live and learn at  live1, show sb/know/learn the ropes at  rope  n.
Idioms: learn the hard way  learn your lesson
Verb forms:

 
Word Origin:
Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore.  
Thesaurus:
learn verb
1. T, I
Did you learn German at school?
studydomemorizepick sth upknowmasterlearn/know sth by heartget the hang of sth|formal acquire
learn/pick up/know sth from sb/sth
learn/memorize/pick up/know/master/get the hang of what…
learn/study/do/pick up/know/master/acquire a language
2. I, T (not usually used in the progressive tenses)
I learned the news from a close friend.
discoverfind out (sth)hear
learn/find out/hear about sth
learn/discover/find out the facts/truth/secret/identity
be surprised/shocked/delighted/interested to learn/discover/find out/hear sth 
Vocabulary Building:
Learning
learn He’s learning Spanish/to swim.
study She studied chemistry for three years.
revise (BrE) (NAmE review) In this class we’ll revise/review what we did last week.
practise (BrE) (NAmE practice) If you practise speaking English, you’ll soon improve.
rehearse We only had two weeks to rehearse the play.  
Example Bank:
Children learn very quickly.
He was eager to learn all she could teach him.
I was surprised to learn that he was only 23.
I've got a lot to learn, haven't I?
She learned from watching others.
Some people never learn, do they?
The children learn about art by painting.
They soon learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention.
We first learned of the problem from her school.
You still have a lot to learn.
learning about art
Did you ever learn any languages?
Everyone learns in a slightly different way.
He learned to ride when he was about three years old.
He'll just have to learn (that) he can't always have his own way.
I learned of her arrival from a close friend.
I'll need to learn how to use the new software.
I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes.
I've forgotten most of what I learned at school.
It's a bit overwhelming at first but don't worry, you'll soon learn.
Most of the kids here are eager to learn.
She's still quite young and she's got a lot to learn.
She's very interested in learning more about Japanese culture.
We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.
We were very surprised to learn that she had got married again.
You can learn a great deal just from watching the other players.

You'll have to learn your lines by next week.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

learn

learn /lɜːn/ US /lɝːn/
verb learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt
1 [I or T] to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity:
They learn Russian at school.
"Can you drive?" "I'm learning."
I've learned a lot about computers since I started work here.
[+ to infinitive] I'm learning to play the piano.
[+ question word + to infinitive] First you'll learn (how) to use this machine.

2 [T] to make yourself remember a piece of writing by reading it or repeating it many times:
I don't know how actors manage to learn all those lines.
We were told to learn Portia's speech by heart (= be able to say it from memory) for homework.

3 [I or T] to start to understand that you must change the way you behave:
She'll have to learn that she can't have everything she wants.
She soon learnt not to contradict him.
He's not afraid to learn from his mistakes.

4 [I or T] to be told facts or information that you did not know:
We were all shocked to learn of his death.
[+ (that)] I later learnt (that) the message had never arrived.
I only learnt about the accident later.

learned /ˈlɜːnd/ US /ˈlɝːnd/
adjective SPECIALIZED
describes behaviour which has been copied from others:
This sort of aggression is learned behaviour - people aren't born that way.

learner /ˈlɜː.nəʳ/ US /ˈlɝː.nɚ/
noun [C]
a person who is still learning something:
He's a quick learner.
MAINLY UK a learner driver

learning /ˈlɜː.nɪŋ/ US /ˈlɝː-/
noun [U]
1 the activity of obtaining knowledge:
This technique makes learning fun.
For the first month in her new job she was on a steep learning curve (= she learnt a lot quickly).

2 knowledge obtained by study:
His friends praised his generosity, wit and learning.

 

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

learn

[lɜ͟ː(r)n]
 
 learns, learning, learned, learnt
 (American English uses the form learned as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either learned or learnt.)
 1) VERB If you learn something, you obtain knowledge or a skill through studying or training.
  [V n] Their children were going to learn English...
  [V to-inf] He is learning to play the piano.
  [V wh] ...learning how to use new computer systems...
  Experienced teachers help you learn quickly. [Also V about n]
  Derived words:
  learning N-UNCOUNT ...a bilingual approach to the learning of English.
 2) VERB If you learn of something, you find out about it.
  [V of n] It was only after his death that she learned of his affair with Betty...
  [V that] It didn't come as a shock to learn that the fuel and cooling systems are the most common causes of breakdown...
  [V wh] ...the Admiral, who, on learning who I was, wanted to meet me.
  Syn:
  find out
 3) VERB If people learn to behave or react in a particular way, they gradually start to behave in that way as a result of a change in attitudes.
  [V to-inf] You have to learn to face your problem...
  [V wh-to-inf] We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.
 4) VERB If you learn from an unpleasant experience, you change the way you behave so that it does not happen again or so that, if it happens again, you can deal with it better.
  [V from n] I am convinced that he has learned from his mistakes...
  [V n from n] The company failed to learn any lessons from this experience.
 5) VERB If you learn something such as a poem or a role in a play, you study or repeat the words so that you can remember them.
  [V n] He learned this song as an inmate at a Texas prison.
 6) → See also learned, learning
 7) to learn something the hard waysee way
 to learn the ropessee rope

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

learn

learn /ˈlɚn/ verb learns; learned also chiefly Brit learnt /ˈlɚnt/; learn·ing
1 : to gain knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something

[no obj]

• People learn throughout their lives.
• He is learning quickly.
• I can't swim yet, but I'm learning.
- often + about
• We learned about the reasons for the war in our history class.
- often + from
• We all have the ability to learn from our mistakes.
• She learned from experience that when grease catches on fire, you shouldn't put water on it.

[+ obj]

learn arithmetic
learn a trade
• She's interested in learning French.
• We had to learn the rules of the game.
- often + about
• She's been trying to learn more about our family history.
- often to + verb
• He never learned (how) to dance/swim.
• I'm learning to play the guitar.
• He learned how not to offend people.
• You need to learn (how) to take care of your health.
2 [+ obj] : to cause (something) to be in your memory by studying it : memorize
• I'm trying to learn my lines for the play.
• We had to learn the names of the state capitals.
learn the alphabet
3 : to hear or be told (something) : to find out (something)

[+ obj]

• She learned through/from a letter that her father had died.
• I later learned that they had never called.
• I was surprised when I learned (that) he wasn't coming.
• We finally learned the truth about what had happened.

[no obj]

- + of
• We were shocked to learn of her death. [=to find out about her death]
• She first learned of the accident on Monday.
4 : to become able to understand (something) through experience

[+ obj]

learn the difference between right and wrong
• He quickly learned what it means to be a father.
• We learned that if we wanted a good job, we had to go to college.
• I have learned that life isn't easy.
• Someday you'll learn that money is not the most important thing in life.
• He learned the hard way that crime doesn't pay. [=he found out by being punished for his crimes]
- often followed by to + verb
• It's important to learn to respect other people.
• It's a bad situation, but we'll just have to learn to live with it. [=we will have to accept it and deal with it]

[no obj]

• Someday you'll learn.
• Even after all his health problems, he's still eating and drinking too much. Some people never learn.
live and learn
- see 1live
- learn·able /ˈlɚnəbəl/ adj
learnable skills

sister

sister [noun]
US /ˈsɪs.tɚ/ 
UK /ˈsɪs.tər/ 
Example: 

My best friend has been like a sister to me.

A girl or woman who has the same parents as you

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

My best friend has been like a sister to me.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

sister

 noun

1 a girl or woman who has the same parents as you:
I've got two sisters and one brother.
Jane and Anne are sisters.

2 Sister (British) a nurse who has an important job in a hospital

3 Sister a female member of religious group

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

sister

sister S1 W1 /ˈsɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: sweostor]
1. a girl or woman who has the same parents as you ⇨ brother, half-sister, step-sister:
Janet and Abby are sisters.
He has two sisters and a brother.
older/big sister
My older sister is a nurse.
younger/little sister
Where’s your little sister?
She’s my twin sister.
2. sister paper/publication/company etc a newspaper etc that belongs to the same group or organization:
the Daily Post’s sister paper, the Liverpool Echo
3. (also Sister) a ↑nun:
Good morning, Sister Mary.
4. British English (also Sister) a nurse in charge of a hospital ↑ward:
the ward sister
I’m feeling a bit better today, Sister.
5. a word used by women to talk about other women and to show that they have feelings of friendship and support towards them:
We appeal to our sisters all over the world to stand by us.
6. American English spoken a way of talking to or about an African-American woman, used especially by African Americans
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ adjectives
an older sister (also an elder sister especially British English) He had two older sisters, Karen and Jacqueline.
a big sister (=an older sister) She misses her big sister dreadfully.
a younger sister Mary showed a lot of aggressive behaviour towards her younger sister.
a little/kid sister (=a younger sister) She was very fond of her little sister.
a baby sister (=a sister who is still a baby) He wanted a baby sister.
a twin sister He is devoted to his twin sister.
a half-sister (=a sister with only one parent the same as yours) She doesn't see her half-sister very often.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sister

sis·ter [sister sisters]   [ˈsɪstə(r)]    [ˈsɪstər]  noun
1. a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person
She's my sister.
an older/younger sister
(informal) a big/little/kid sister
We're sisters.
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
My best friend has been like a sister to me (= very close).

2. used for talking to or about other members of a women's organization or other women who have the same ideas, purpose, etc. as yourself

• They supported their sisters in the dispute.

3. Sister (BrE) a senior female nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward

4. Sister a female member of a religious group, especially a nun
• Sister Mary

• the Sisters of Charity

5. (in the US) a member of a sorority (= a club for a group of female students at a college or university)

6. (NAmE, informal) used by black people as a form of address for a black woman

7. (usually used as an adjective) a thing that belongs to the same type or group as sth else
our sister company in Italy
a sister ship  
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror.  
Example Bank:
Carolyn's sorority sisters at Indiana University
Have you got any brothers and sisters?
I have no brothers or sisters.
The girls are so close, they're like sisters.
• a refugee who traced his long-lost sister

• my bratty little sister

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sister

sister (IN SAME GROUP) /ˈsɪs.təʳ/ US /-tɚ/
adjective [before noun]
belonging to a group of similar and related things, such as businesses, usually owned or operated by the same person or organization:
our sister company in Australia
the US battleship Missouri and her sister ship, the Wisconsin

 

sister (FEMALE) /ˈsɪs.təʳ/ US /-tɚ/
noun [C]
1 a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person:
Sophie and Emily are sisters.
Emily is Sophie's younger/little/older/big sister.

2 a girl or woman who treats you in the kind way that a sister would:
Lynn's such a good friend - she's like a sister to me.

3 a woman who shares an interest with you, especially that of improving women's rights:
[as form of address] "We must continue the fight, sisters!"

4 US OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL used to address a woman:
OK, sister, move it!

5 UK a nurse who is in charge of a department of a hospital

6 a female member of a religious group, especially a nun

sisterhood /ˈsɪs.tə.hʊd/ US /-tɚ-/
noun [U]
1 a strong feeling of companionship and support among women who are involved in action to improve women's rights

2 the relationship between sisters:
It was sisterhood that made her care for me as she did.

sisterhood /ˈsɪs.tə.hʊd/ US /-tɚ-/
group noun [C]
a society of women living a religious life

the sisterhood group noun
women involved in action to improve women's rights

sisterly /ˈsɪs.təl.i/ US /-tɚ.li/
adjective
feeling or behaving like a sister:
I felt quite sisterly towards him, but I couldn't marry him.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

sister

/sɪstə(r)/
(sisters)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
His sister Sarah helped him.
...Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf...
I didn’t know you had a sister.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
see also half-sister, stepsister

2.
Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community.
Sister Francesca entered the chapel.
...the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC

3.
A sister is a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital. (BRIT)
Ask to speak to the sister on the ward...
Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC

4.
You can describe a woman as your sister if you feel a connection with her, for example because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession.
Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.
N-COUNT: usu poss N

5.
You can use sister to describe something that is of the same type or is connected in some way to another thing you have mentioned. For example, if a company has a sister company, they are connected.
...the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank.
ADJ: ADJ n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1sis·ter /ˈsɪstɚ/ noun, pl -ters
1 [count] : a girl or woman who has one or both of the same parents as you
• my little/younger sister
• his big/older sister
• She's my twin sister.
• He has two sisters.
- compare half sister, sister-in-law, stepsister
2 informal
- used when talking to a woman
Sister, you have got to relax.
Sister, you don't need him in your life.
3 or Sister [count] : a member of a religious community of women : nun
• The sisters live in the convent.
- often used as a title
• the Sisters of St. Joseph
Sister Christine
- abbr. Sr.;
4 [count] : a woman who is from the same group or country as you
• her college sorority sisters
• We must support our brothers and sisters fighting overseas.
• She speaks for her Asian sisters.
5 [count] US informal : a black woman - used especially by African-Americans;
6 or Sister [count] chiefly Brit : a nurse in a hospital ward or clinic

- see also weak sister

son

son [noun]
US /sʌn/ 
UK /sʌn/ 
Example: 

He's the son of an Oxford professor.

someone’s male child

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

He's the son of an Oxford professor.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

son

 noun

pronunciation
The word son sounds just like sun.

a boy or man who is somebody's child:
They have a son and two daughters.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

son

son S1 W1 /sʌn/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: sunu]
1. [countable] someone’s male child ⇨ daughter:
Her son Sean was born in 1983.
They have three sons and a daughter.
In those days, the property went to the eldest son.
their youngest son, George
son of
the son of a poor farmer ⇨ like father like son at ↑father1(7)
2. [singular] spoken used by an older person as a way to address a boy or young man:
What’s your name, son?
3. the Son Jesus Christ, the second member of the group from the Christian religion that also includes the Father and the Holy Spirit
4. [countable] written a man, especially a famous man, from a particular place or country:
Frank Sinatra, New Jersey’s most famous son
5. my son used by a priest to address a man or boy
favourite son at ↑favourite1(2)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

son

son [son sons]   [sʌn]    [sʌn]  noun
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 an Oxford professor.

• Maine & Sons, Grocers (= the name of a company on a sign)

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

4. my son (formal) used by a priest to address a boy or man

5. the Son singular Jesus Christ as the second member of the Trinity
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
see from father to sonlike father, like son at  father  n., sb's favourite son at  favourite  adj., the/a prodigal (son) at  prodigal  
Word Origin:
Old English sunu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zoon and German Sohn, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huios.  
Thesaurus:
son noun C
He's the son of a teacher.
boychild|informal kid|especially BrE, informal lad|formal offspring
Opp: daughter
a newborn son/boy/child
sb's eldest/oldest/youngest son/boy/child/kid/lad
bring up/raise a son/boy/child/kid 
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/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/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
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/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents 
Example Bank:
Living alone and trying to bring up a young son is no easy task.
The queen bore him four fine sons.
They have three young sons.
They welcomed me like a long-lost son.
They've got three young sons.
a native son of Philadelphia
a single parent raising her son alone
an illegitimate son of Louis XV
his wife and unborn son
• He's the son of an Oxford professor.

• Maine & Sons, Grocers

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

son

son /sʌn/
noun [C]
1 your male child:
This is our son Raja.
We have two sons and three daughters.

2 used as an informal form of address by a man to a boy:
Come on, son, we haven't got all day.

3 LITERARY a son of somewhere a man who was born in a particular place:
that notable son of Württemberg, Martin Brecht

 

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

son

/sʌn/
(sons)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Someone’s son is their male child.
He shared a pizza with his son Laurence...
Sam is the seven-year-old son of Eric Davies...
They have a son.
N-COUNT: oft with poss

2.
A man, especially a famous man, can be described as a son of the place he comes from. (JOURNALISM)
...New Orleans’s most famous son, Louis Armstrong.
...sons of Africa.
N-COUNT: with poss

3.
Some people use son as a form of address when they are showing kindness or affection to a boy or a man who is younger than them. (INFORMAL)
Don’t be frightened by failure, son.
N-VOC [feelings]

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

son /ˈsʌn/ noun, pl sons
1 [count] : a male child
• She gave birth to a son.
• They have two sons and a daughter.
• He is the son of a lawyer and a doctor.
• an adopted son
- sometimes used figuratively
• our town's own native son [=a boy/man who is from our town]
- sometimes used by an older person to address a younger man or a boy
• Slow down, son, I can't understand what you're saying.
- see also favorite son, godson, grandson, stepson
2 the Son : the second person of the Trinity in the Christian religion : Jesus Christ
• the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
like father, like son
- see 1father
prodigal son
- see prodigal

daughter

daughter [noun]
US /ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ/ 
UK /ˈdɔː.tər/ 
Example: 

I want a son, not a daughter.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

daughter

 noun

pronunciation
The word daughter sounds like water, because we don't say the letters gh in this word.

a girl or woman who is somebody's child:
They have two daughters and a son.
My oldest daughter is a doctor.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

daughter

daughter S1 W1 /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: dohtor]
someone’s female child ⇨ filial:
She’s got two daughters and one son.
our eldest daughter
daughter of
the daughter of an English king

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

daughter

daugh·ter [daughter daughters]   [ˈdɔːtə(r)]    [ˈdɔːtər]  noun
1. a person's female child
We have two sons and a daughter.
They have three grown-up daughters.
• She's the daughter of an Oxford professor.

see also  god-daughter, granddaughter, stepdaughter

2. (literary) a woman who belongs to a particular place or country, etc
one of the town's most famous daughters  
Word Origin:
Old English dohtor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dochter and German Tochter, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek thugatēr.  
Thesaurus:
daughter noun C
She gave birth to a daughter.
girlchildbaby|informal kid|formal offspring
Opp: son
a young daughter/girl/child/baby/kid
a teenage daughter/girl/child/kid
have/give birth to/bring up/raise a daughter/girl/child/baby/kid 
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/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/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
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/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents 
Example Bank:
Living alone and trying to bring up a small daughter is no easy task.
• They have three young daughters.

• They've got three young daughters.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

daughter / ˈdɔː.tə r /   / ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ / noun [ C ]

A1 your female child:

Liz and Phil have a daughter and three sons.

→  See also stepdaughter

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

daughter

/dɔ:tə(r)/
(daughters)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

Someone’s daughter is their female child.
...Flora and her daughter Catherine.
...the daughter of a university professor...
I have two daughters.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

daughter

 

daugh·ter /ˈdɑːtɚ/ noun, pl -ters [count] : a female child
• We have a daughter and two sons.
• my 20-year-old daughter
• an adopted daughter
- see also goddaughter, granddaughter, stepdaughter
- daugh·ter·ly /ˈdɑːtɚli/ adj
daughterly love

husband

husband [noun]
US /ˈhʌz.bənd/ 
UK /ˈhʌz.bənd/ 
Example: 

She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.

the man that a woman is married to

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

husband

 noun
the man that a woman is married to Look at wife.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

husband

I. husband1 S1 W1 /ˈhʌzbənd/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: husbonda, from Old Norse, from hus 'house' + bondi 'someone who lives in a house']
1. [countable] the man that a woman is married to ⇨ wife:
Have you met my husband Roy?
2. ex-husband a man that a woman used to be married to
3. husband and wife a man and woman who are married to each other

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

husband

hus·band [husband husbands husbanded husbanding] noun, verb   [ˈhʌzbənd] Click to play   [ˈhʌzbənd] Click to play

 

noun (also informal hubby)
the man that a woman is married to; a married man
This is my husband, Steve.  
Word Origin:
late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.  
Thesaurus:
husband noun C
He is her second husband.
manpartner|informal hubby|informal, especially spoken, often humorous sb's other half|formal law spouse
Opp: wife
sb's future husband/spouse
sb's former/ex- husband/partner/spouse
have/find a husband/partner 
Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband) 
Example Bank:
She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.
She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.
That was the day she met her future husband.
They lived together as husband and wife for over thirty years.
He is her second husband.
• It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.

Idiom: husband and wife 

verb ~ sth (formal)
to use sth very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it
• Times are hard and we have to husband our resources.

• She waited, husbanding her strength for her next visitors.

 

Word Origin:

late Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

husband

husband (SAVE) /ˈhʌz.bənd/
verb [T] FORMAL
to use something carefully so that you do not use all of it

husbandry /ˈhʌz.bən.dri/
noun [U] OLD USE
the careful use of money, food, supplies, etc.

husband (MAN) /ˈhʌz.bənd/
noun [C]
the man to whom a woman is married:
I've never met Fiona's husband.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

husband

/hʌzbənd/
(husbands)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

A woman’s husband is the man she is married to.
Eva married her husband Jack in 1957...

N-COUNT: oft poss N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1hus·band /ˈhʌzbənd/ noun, pl -bands [count] : a married man : the man someone is married to
• Have you met her husband?
• They were husband and wife [=a married couple] for almost 60 years.

wife

wife [noun]
US /waɪf/ 
UK /waɪf/ 
Example: 

This is my wife, Julie.

the woman that a man is married to

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

This is my wife, Julie.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

wife

 noun (plural wives )
the woman that a man is married to

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

wife

wife S1 W1 /waɪf/ BrE AmE noun (plural wives /waɪvz/) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: wif 'woman, wife']
the woman that a man is married to ⇨ husband, spouse:
Have you met my wife?
a refuge for battered wives
his second wife
ex-wife/former wife
He threatened to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wife

wife [wife wives]   [waɪf]    [waɪf]  noun (pl. wives   [waɪvz]  ;   [waɪvz]  )
the woman that a man is married to; a married woman
the doctor's wife
She's his second wife.
an increase in the number of working wives
see also  fishwife, housewife, midwife, trophy wife, see husband and wife at  husband  n., an old wives' tale at  old, (all) the world and his wife at  world  
Word Origin:
Old English wīf ‘woman’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wijf and German Weib.  
Collocations:
Marriage and divorce
Romance
fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with sb)
be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
be/find true love/the love of your life
suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for sb/sth
meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have/go on a (blind) date
be going out with/ (especially NAmE) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
Weddings
get/be engaged/married/divorced
arrange/plan a wedding
have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
have/enter into an arranged marriage
call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
invite sb to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
Separation and divorce
be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
have an affair (with sb)
break off/end an engagement/a relationship
break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
annul/dissolve a marriage
apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband) 
Example Bank:
His long-suffering wife had to put up with his numerous affairs.
His wife has just given birth to a son.
I first met my wife at college.
Mr Thomas is survived by his wife, Muriel.
She's a classic trophy wife— beautiful and half his age.
The general was accompanied by his wife.
With a dependent wife and children, he can't afford to lose his job.
a hostel for battered wives
• At that time there was an increase in the number of working wives.

• This is my wife, Julie.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wife

wife /waɪf/
noun [C] plural wives
the woman to whom a man is married; a married woman:
I met Greg's wife for the first time.
She's his third wife (= She is the third woman to whom he has been married).

wifely /ˈwaɪ.fli/
adjective OLD-FASHIONED
like a wife or relating to a wife:
wifely duties

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

wife

/waɪf/
(wives)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

A man’s wife is the woman he is married to.
He married his wife Jane 37 years ago...
The woman was the wife of a film director.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

wife

wife /ˈwaɪf/ noun, pl wives /ˈwaɪvz/ [count] : a married woman : the woman someone is married to
• We met him and his wife.
• They were husband and wife [=a married couple] for almost 60 years.
- compare husband; see also fishwife, housewife, trophy wife

children

US /ˈtʃɪl.drən/ 
UK /ˈtʃɪl.drən/ 
Example: 

How many children do you have?

Persian equivalent: 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

child

 noun (plural children )

1 a young boy or girl:
There are 30 children in the class.

2 a daughter or son:
Have you got any children?
One of her children got married last year.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

children

children /ˈtʃɪldrən/ BrE AmE
the plural of ↑child

child

child S1 W1 /tʃaɪld/ BrE AmE noun (plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cild]

1. YOUNG PERSON someone who is not yet an adult SYN kid:
The hotel is ideal for families with young children.
The film is not suitable for children under 12.
I was very happy as a child (=when I was a child).
a child of five/eight etc
For a child of five this was a terrifying experience.
a famous writer of children’s books
child victims of war
2. SON/DAUGHTER a son or daughter of any age:
I have five children, all happily married.
She lives with her husband, Paul, and three grown-up children.
Annie had always wanted to get married and have children.
Alex is an only child (=he has no brothers or sisters).
Our youngest child, Sam, has just started university.
eldest child especially BrE, oldest child especially American English
the decision to bring a child into the world (=have a baby)
3. SOMEBODY INFLUENCED BY AN IDEA someone who is very strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular period of history
child of
a real child of the sixties
4. SOMEBODY WHO IS LIKE A CHILD someone who behaves like a child and is not sensible or responsible – used to show disapproval:
She’s such a child!
5. something is child’s play used to say that something is very easy to do:
I’ve cooked for 200 people before now. So, tonight is child’s play by comparison.
6. children should be seen and not heard an expression meaning that children should be quiet and not talk – used when you disapprove of the way a child is behaving
7. be with child old use to be ↑pregnant
8. be heavy/great with child old use to be nearly ready to give birth
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + child
a four-year-old/ten-year-old etc child A four-year-old child should not be left on their own.
a young child Young children are naturally curious about the world.
a small child (=a young one) My family lived in France when I was a small child.
a newborn child He was holding the newborn child in his arms.
an unborn child (=a baby that is still inside its mother) Smoking can damage your unborn child.
a spoilt/spoiled child (=allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and behaving badly) He’s behaving like a spoilt child.
a gifted child (=extremely intelligent) a special school for gifted children
a bright child (=intelligent) He was a bright child – always asking questions.
a good/bad child Be a good child and sit down!
a naughty child (=doing things that are not allowed) He's behaving like a naughty child.
an easy/difficult child (=easy or difficult to deal with) Marcus was a very happy, easy child.
a problem child (=very difficult to deal with) Problem children may need to be removed from the classroom.
an adopted child (=legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into) I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later.
street children (=living on the streets because they have no homes) The organization aims to help street children in Latin America.
■ verbs
bring up a child especially British English, raise a child especially American English The cost of bringing up a child has risen rapidly.
a child is born Most children at born in hospital.
a child grows up One in four children is growing up in poverty.
■ child + NOUN
child abuse (=treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually) He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
child development She’s an expert in child development.
child labour British English, child labor American English (=the use of children as workers) The garments were made using child labour.
• • •
THESAURUS
child someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers: Many children are scared of the dark. | He’s just a child.
kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: We left the kids in the car.
little boy/little girl a young male or female child: I lived there when I was a little girl. | Little boys love dinosaurs.
teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19: There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.
adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have: He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.
youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes: He was attacked by a gang of youths. | a youth court
youngster a child or young person – used especially by old people: You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you. | He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.
minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult: It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

child

child [child children]   [tʃaɪld]    [tʃaɪld]  noun (pl. chil·dren   [ˈtʃɪldrən]  ;   [ˈtʃɪldrən]  )
1. a young human who is not yet an adult
a child of three/a three-year-old child
men, women and children
an unborn child
not suitable for young children
I lived in London as a child.
• a child star

see also  brainchild, latchkey child, poster child, schoolchild

2. a son or daughter of any age
They have three grown-up children.
a support group for adult children of alcoholics
They can't have children.
see also  godchild, grandchild, love child, only child, stepchild 

compare  kid

3. a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person

• a child of the 90s

4. (disapproving) an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible
Idioms: child's play  with child  
Word Origin:
Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren.  
Thesaurus:
child noun
1. C
a child of three/a three-year-old child
boygirltoddlerbaby|informal kidyoungsterlad|formal technical infant|informal, disapproving brat|law minorjuvenile
Opp: adult, Opp: grown-up
a young child/boy/girl/baby/kid/infant
a little child/boy/girl/baby/kid/brat
look after/take care of a child/baby/kid
Child or kid? Kid is much more frequent in informal and spoken American English. Child is not often used of sb older than about 12; above that age you can call them kids, teenagers, young people, girls, youths or lads.
2. C
She has three children
sondaughterboygirlbabykid
a newborn child/son/daughter/boy/girl/baby
have/give birth to a child/son/daughter/boy/girl/baby/kid
bring up/raise a child/son/daughter/boy/girl/kid 
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/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/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
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/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents 
Example Bank:
After they divorced, he refused to pay child support.
Children grow up so quickly!
He had old-fashioned ideas on how to bring up children.
He's always been a problem child.
How many children do you have?
It was a bit lonely being an only child.
My father died while I was still a small child.
She couldn't imagine the pain of losing a child at birth.
She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.
She works in a centre for delinquent children.
Teaching is particularly difficult when a class contains both slow and bright children.
The children were quite unruly and ran around the house as if they owned it.
Their first child was born with a rare heart condition.
There are a lot of street children in the poorer parts of the city.
They are expecting a child in June.
We had trouble conceiving our first child.
We have three teenage children.
We've got three teenage children.
What a precocious child— reading Jane Austen at the age of ten!
You can't spoil a child by giving it all the affection it wants.
a child custody dispute between divorced parents
a school for gifted children
an organization that campaigns for the rights of the unborn child
big with child
good food for growing children
tax concessions for families with dependent children
the bastard child of romantic fiction and horror.
the emotional connections which ensure healthy child development
therapy for sexually abused children
All the children learn to swim from an early age.
She was a child star but never made it as an adult.
The book is aimed at the parents of pre-school children.
The film is not suitable for young children.
a child of three/a three-year-old child
He took the children to Disneyland.
• I'm an only child.

• Will you put the children to bed

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

children

children /ˈtʃɪl.drən/

plural of child

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

children

/tʃɪldrən/

Children is the plural of child.

child

/tʃaɪld/
(children)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
When I was a child I lived in a country village...
He’s just a child.
...a child of six...
It was only suitable for children.
N-COUNT

2.
Someone’s children are their sons and daughters of any age.
How are the children?...
The young couple decided to have a child.
N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

children

children plural of child

child

child /ˈʧajəld/ noun, pl chil·dren /ˈʧɪldrən/ [count]
1 : a young person
• the birth of a child
• She's pregnant with their first child.
• a play for both children and adults
• I went there once as a child. [=when I was a child]
- often used before another noun.
• a child prodigy
• a child actor
child development
child psychologists
2 : a son or daughter
• All of their children are grown now.
• an elderly couple and their adult children
3 : an adult who acts like a child : a childlike or childish person
• I'm a child when it comes to doing taxes. [=I need to be told or shown what to do]
• Men are such children sometimes.
4 : a person who has been strongly influenced by a certain place or time or by the events happening during that time
• She's a child of her time.
• a child of the Depression
children should be seen and not heard
- used to say that children should be quiet and well-behaved;
with child old-fashioned : pregnant
• She found herself with child. [=she discovered that she was pregnant]

 

parent

parent [noun] (MOTHER/ FATHER)
US /ˈper.ənt/ 
UK /ˈpeə.rənt/ 
Example: 

My parents have passed away

the father or mother of a person or animal

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

My parents have passed away

Oxford Essential Dictionary

 noun
a mother or father:
Her parents live in Italy.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

parent

parent S1 W1 /ˈpeərənt $ ˈper-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of parere 'to give birth to']
1. the father or mother of a person or animal:
Children under 14 should be accompanied by a parent.
The eggs are guarded by both parents.
Melissa’s spending the weekend at her parents’ house. ⇨ ↑birth parent, ⇨ foster parents at ↑foster2(3), ⇨ lone parent at ↑lone(2), ⇨ ↑one-parent family, ↑single parent
2. something that produces other things of the same type:
New shoots appear near the parent plant.
3. a company which owns a smaller company or organization:
Land Rover’s new parent
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + parent
a single parent (also a lone parent British English) (=someone who has their children living with them, but no partner) My mum is a single parent.
somebody's biological/natural parents Most children are reared by their natural parents.
somebody's birth parents (=the ones who are biologically related to them) Only half the children who are adopted wish to discover their birth parents.
somebody's real parents (=their biological parents) I was thrilled to have found my real parents.
adoptive parents (=the people who take someone else's child into their home and legally become his or her parents) Adoptive parents often have little practical preparation for parenthood.
a foster parent (=someone who has other people's children living with them) Teresa was removed from her mother's care and placed with foster parents.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parent

par·ent [parent parents parented parenting]   [ˈpeərənt]    [ˈperənt]  noun
1. usually plural a person's father or mother
He's still living with his parents.
her adoptive parents
Sue and Ben have recently become parents.
• It can be difficult to be a good parent.

see also  one-parent family, single parent, step-parent

2. an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants

• the parent bird/tree

3. (often used as an adjective) an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type
a parent bank and its subsidiaries
the parent company  
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin parent- ‘bringing forth’, from the verb parere. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.  
Thesaurus:
parent noun C, usually pl.
He's forty but still living with his parents.
motherfatherstep-parent/stepmother/stepfatherguardian|informal, especially spoken daddaddy|BrE, informal, especially spoken mummummy|AmE, informal, especially spoken mommommyfolks
a good/bad/caring/loving/doting/devoted/proud parent/mother/father/dad/mum/mom
a stern/strict parent/mother/father/step-parent/guardian
become a/sb's parent/mother/father/step-parent/guardian/dad/mum/mom 
Example Bank:
The study showed that children with involved parents do better at school.
The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over.
They have just become the proud parents of a baby girl.
single-parent families
the identities of the adoptive parents
• He's still living with his parents.

• We are looking for volunteers to act as foster parents.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

parent

parent /ˈpeə.rənt/ US /ˈper.ənt/
noun [C]
a mother or father of a person or an animal:
I'm going to meet Richard's parents for the first time this weekend.

parentage /ˈpeə.rən.tɪdʒ/ US /ˈper.ən.ţɪdʒ/
noun [U]
When you refer to a person's parentage, you mean their parents and/or their parent's country and social class:
The novel starts when a child of unknown parentage is left at the house of the local priest.
She is of mixed Australian and Japanese parentage.

parental /pəˈren.təl/ US /-ţəl/
adjective
connected with parents or with being a parent:
parental advice/influence
The government repeatedly stressed its support for parental choice in the selection of a child's school.

parenthood /ˈpeə.rənt.hʊd/ US /ˈper.ənt-/
noun [U]
the state of being a parent:
The prospect of parenthood filled her with horror.

parenting /ˈpeə.rən.tɪŋ/ US /ˈp
noun [U]
the raising of children and all the responsibilities and activities that are involved in it

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

parent

/peərənt/
(parents)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Your parents are your mother and father.
Children need their parents...
When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.
N-COUNT: usu pl
see also foster parent, one-parent family, single parent

2.
An organization’s parent organization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.
Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

parent

par·ent /ˈperənt/ noun, pl -ents [count]
1 a : a person who is a father or mother : a person who has a child
• My parents live in New York.
• They recently became parents. = They're new parents.
• The form must be signed by a parent or guardian of the child.
• A few of us are single parents. [=parents who live with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner]
• my adoptive parents [=the people who adopted me]
• The organization helps people who were adopted find their birth/biological parents. [=their natural parents]
• They'd like to become foster parents. [=people who volunteer to care for a child who is not their biological child]
- compare grandparent, stepparent
b : an animal or plant that produces a young animal or plant
• The parent brings food to the chicks.
• the parent bird
• The new plant will have characteristics of both parent plants.
2 a : something out of which another thing has developed - usually used before another noun
• Latin is the parent language of several languages, including Italian, Spanish, and French.
b : a company or organization that owns and controls a smaller company or organization
• the hospital's corporate parent = the corporate parent of the hospital
- often used before another noun
• a parent bank/company/corporation/firm
- pa·ren·tal /pəˈrɛntl̩/ adj always used before a noun
parental responsibility/consent

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