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noun ADJ. lone, single, unmarried She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother. | widowed | biological, natural, real | surrogate (= bearing a child for sb else) | adoptive, foster, step-(also stepmother) | teenage, young | elderly, old | dead, deceased, late | good, excellent, loving, wonderful | proud the proud mother of the bride | doting, over-protective, possessive | stern, strict | dominant, domineering | bad, unfit The court decided she was an unfit mother. | anxious, distraught, frantic Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone. | expectant, pregnant (also mother-to-be (informal) | first-time | new | full-time | breast-feeding | sick caring for his sick mother VERB + MOTHER resemble, take after The two boys were like their father in character, but Louise took after her mother. | inherit sth from She inherited the urge to travel from her mother.
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mother
a female parent:
• My mother and father are both teachers.
mum
British English informal , mom American English informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father:
• My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night. • Mom, where’s my sweater?
mummy
British English , mommy American English a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children:
• Where’s Mummy, Abbie?
ma
American English old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother:
• Ma stirred the soup on the stove.
mama
old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother:
• Mama seldom disagreed with Papa.
stepmother
( also stepmum British English informal , stepmom American English informal ) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent:
• the wicked stepmother in fairy stories
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