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son
1[ suhn ]
noun
- a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- a male child or person adopted as a son; a person in the legal position of a son.
- any male descendant:
a son of the Aztecs.
- a son-in-law.
- a person related as if by ties of sonship.
- a male person looked upon as the product or result of particular agencies, forces, influences, etc.:
a true son of the soil.
- a familiar term of address to a man or boy from an older person, an ecclesiastic, etc.
- the Son, the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ.
son-
2- variant of soni- before a vowel:
sonance.
son
1/ ʌ /
noun
- a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents
- a male descendant
- often capital a familiar term of address for a boy or man
- a male from a certain country, place, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment
a son of the circus
a son of the manse
Son
2/ ʌ /
noun
- Christianity the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԱ, adjective
- ˈDzˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dzl adjective
- Dzl adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of son1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of son1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with son , also see favorite son ; like father, like son .Example Sentences
"To have one horse run in the National, but then to have one your son can ride is millions, millions, millions-to-one what happened today," said Willie.
"That was some result. It's lovely to be able to give your son a ride in the National, but to win it, it's unbelievable," said an emotional Willie Mullins.
Their son Jonathan called on the White House to intervene after Faye Hall, an American who was detained alongside them, was released last week by the Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Last November, Roy, from Essex, surprised his son by wearing his medals, which were still in the boxes and tissue paper they came in.
The association sent its condolences to Grant's family, friends and "the entire rodeo/bull riding community", while loved ones mourned him on social media as a son, brother and friend.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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