daughter
/'dɔ:tə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A female child in relation to her parent(s): A "daughter" is a female human offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her mother and father.
- A female descendant or product: In a broader or figurative sense, "daughter" can refer to something considered as a female descendant or creation of something else.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- They have one son and one daughter.
- She is the eldest daughter of a prominent family.
- The company is a daughter of a larger multinational corporation. (Figurative usage)
Advanced Usage
- "Daughter cell" (Biology): A cell formed by the division of a parent cell.
- After mitosis, the single cell divides into two identical daughter cells.
- "Daughter language" (Linguistics): A language that has developed from a particular earlier language (a parent language).
- French, Spanish, and Italian are daughter languages of Latin.
Variants and Related Words
- Daughterly (adjective): Characteristic of or befitting a daughter.
- She showed daughterly affection and concern.
- Daughter-in-law (noun): The wife of one's son.
- She has a very good relationship with her daughter-in-law.
Synonyms
- Girl child: A female child.
- Female offspring: Offspring of the female sex.
- Progeny (formal): A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.
Idioms and Phrases
- Like mother, like daughter: Used to say that a daughter's character or behavior resembles that of her mother.
- She's also become a doctor—like mother, like daughter.
- A daughter of the soil: A woman who is closely connected to her native land, especially through working on it.
- The poet was a true daughter of the soil, writing about rural life.
Noun
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a female human offspring
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her daughter cared for her in her old age
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