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daughter

[ daw-ter ]

noun

  1. a female child or person in relation to her parents.
  2. any female descendant.
  3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent:

    daughter of the church.

  4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin:

    The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.

  5. Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.


adjective

  1. Biology. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication:

    daughter cell; daughter DNA.

daughter

/ ˈɔːə /

noun

  1. a female offspring; a girl or woman in relation to her parents
  2. a female descendant
  3. a female from a certain country, etc, or one closely connected with a certain environment, etc filial

    a daughter of the church

  4. archaic.
    often capital a form of address for a girl or woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. biology denoting a cell or unicellular organism produced by the division of one of its own kind
  2. physics (of a nuclide) formed from another nuclide by radioactive decay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ岹ܲٱ, adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱԱ, noun
  • ˈ岹ܲٱǴǻ, noun
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ-ˌ, adjective
  • ˈ岹ܲٱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • 岹ܲt· adjective
  • 岹ܲt· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter1

before 950; Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor; cognate with German Tochter, Greek ٳⲵáŧ, Sanskrit ܳ󾱳
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter1

Old English dohtor; related to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek ٳܲŧ, Sanskrit ܳ󾱳á
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“For my daughter that’s even more relatable, having the Japanese representation.”

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