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daughter
[ daw-ter ]
noun
- a female child or person in relation to her parents.
- any female descendant.
- a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent:
daughter of the church.
- anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin:
The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
- Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
adjective
- Biology. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication:
daughter cell; daughter DNA.
daughter
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
- a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents
- a female descendant
- a female from a certain country, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc filial
a daughter of the church
- archaic.often capital a form of address for a girl or woman
adjective
- biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind
- physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay
Derived Forms
- ˈ岹ܲٱ, adjective
- ˈ岹ܲٱԱ, noun
- ˈ岹ܲٱǴǻ, noun
- ˈ岹ܲٱ-ˌ, adjective
- ˈ岹ܲٱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 岹ܲt· adjective
- 岹ܲt· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of daughter1
Word History and Origins
Origin of daughter1
Example Sentences
In Yarrabah, Ms Andrews becomes suddenly tearful, telling how her two daughters, studying at university in Brisbane, were intimidated and got "so many racist remarks" after the vote.
His daughter Jessica Pinfield said in legal documents filed in January that her father’s stroke left him “incompetent” to make decisions about his health and finances.
Mr Jones described the victim's daughter Natasha Flynn receiving an electronic notification from the house's ring doorbell camera at 22:27 on 24 October.
With our daughter and dog, Sean and I shuttled back and forth between my mother-in-law’s and parents’ houses for the next two weeks.
“For my daughter that’s even more relatable, having the Japanese representation.”
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