one-parent family

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• one-parent family — noun A family in which, due to death, divorce, etc, the children are looked after by only one parent • • • Main Entry: ↑one * * * one parent family UK US noun [countable] [singular one parent family plural …   Useful english dictionary

• one-parent family — one parent families N COUNT A one parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together. I have been brought up in a one parent family by my mother …   English dictionary

• one-parent family — n a family in which there is only one parent who lives with the children = ↑single parent family …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• one-parent family — noun count MAINLY BRITISH a SINGLE PARENT FAMILY …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• one-parent family — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms one parent family : singular one parent family plural one parent families a family in which only one parent lives in the home and looks after the children. The usual American word is single parent family …   English dictionary

• one-parent family —    a parent living alone with dependent offspring    There are normally two parents still alive, of whom one is permanently absent from the home, or, in the case of many young females, was never there at all:     The one parent family is going to …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• one-parent family — noun (C) a family in which there is only one parent who looks after the children …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• One Parent Families — One Parent Families|Gingerbread is a registered British charity that advocates on behalf of lone parent families. J. K. Rowling, once a single mother herself, was the charity s first Ambassador and now is President of the organization. Other… …   Wikipedia

• single-parent family — noun count a family in which only one parent lives in the home and takes care of the children. British usually one parent family …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• single-parent family — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms single parent family : singular single parent family plural single parent families a one parent family …   English dictionary

• single-parent family — UK US noun [countable] [singular single parent family plural single parent families] a one parent family Thesaurus: types of familyhyponym …   Useful english dictionary