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daughter

daughter

1.0
A female child of someone
  • noun
  • /ˈdɔːtər/
translation icon : hija
  • The proud father couldn't wait to see his daughter perform in the school play.
  • sons and daughters
  • mother and daughter
  • year-old daughter

And my grandfather had more daughters than he had sons.

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Examples

  • And invited him to walk their daughter down the aisle.

  • I came to see my daughter.

  • So do you want to meet my daughter Jack?

  • What should a good son or daughter do?

  • My Mama and my daughter died on the same day.

  • Hey Ma, why did you ask my daughter about my work stuff?

  • Even his life insurance all goes to that daughter of his.

  • Look, I barely recognize my daughter anymore.

  • I have a young daughter back in Los Angeles, and I was hoping that Eric would buy my share.

  • I have two little daughters, Ashley and Rebecca.

Synonyms

child
vsdaughter
1.0

A young person who is not yet an adult, often a son or daughter

is used only for a female young person rather than for any gender
female offspring
vsdaughter
1 2.2

A female child of a person or animal, for example a daughter

is used only for human children, not for animals

Antonyms

son
1.0

A male child of his parents

Idioms

To be whipped as punishment while bent over a cannon

A daughter who behaves like her mother

Compounds

A woman who is married to someone's son

A girl or young woman who lives with people who are not her birth parents and is not adopted

daughter cell
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A cell formed when one cell divides, usually like the parent cell

daughter of Eve
  • Literature
9.9

A woman, especially when speaking in a religious or old-fashioned way

A girl or young woman raised as a daughter but not related by birth

A daughter who her mother likes best and who is like her

9.9

A person, often a soldier's child, who is tough and used to army life

How Related

daughter
1.0
acquaintance
114 3.5
stranger
1.0

Surface Forms

daughter singular
daughters plural

Etymology

The word daughter comes from an old German word dohtor, which meant 'female child'. So a daughter today is still a person's 'female child'.