single mom
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈsɪŋɡəl mɑm/
- US
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madre soltera
- I'm speaking for me being raised by a single mom and uncles and friends that pitched in.
It's what it's like raising children as a single mom for the past three decades.
- It's what it's like raising children as a single mom for the past three decades.
- And on equal pay because so many single moms are struggling to support their kids.
- I grew up with a single mom and six kids in Akron, OH.
- Yeah, she's a single mom Uber driver.
- So it's kind of like about an older single mom.
- So how do you as a single mom going through what you do?
- So we we live for, you know, as a single mom now living in the big city.
- You know your dad left raised by a single mom.
- You guys are doing the Squire program, but I'm a single mom.
- For example, one of the readers on my book, she was a single mom with a low paying job.
- How difficult has it been or is it dating as a single mom?
- Joyce has always been a struggling single mom.
- Some people got upset last week about the single mom for Oxnard.
Examples
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I'm also a single mom with two boys who are 3 and 5.
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Look I get it, I was raised by a single mom, I understand, I really do.
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Raised by a single mom.
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It's what it's like raising children as a single mom for the past three decades.
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My name is Sarah, and I'm a single mom by choice.
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I grew up with a single mom and six kids in Akron, OH.
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An important program for making a financial difference for single moms from the government is food stamps.
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Remember, there are a lot of TV shows with single-mom heroines.
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You're a single mom, and you're doing it.
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As a single mom, she worked two jobs to provide for her children.
Synonyms
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8.2
A mother of a man's child who is often not married or living with him
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'single' (not married / without a partner) + 'mom' (mother); a learner who knows both words can infer that a 'single mom' is a mother without a partner. This composition is common cross-linguistically (e.g. Spanish 'madre soltera', French 'mère célibataire') and follows a straightforward adjective+noun pattern familiar to B1 learners.
Etymology
Single mom is a phrase that shows a mother who is alone, because it joins single (alone) and mom (mother). So it means 'a mother who raises her children without a partner'.