son
- noun
- /sʌn/
- What is the strangest job your son has ever had?
- sons and daughters
- father and son
- eldest son
He looks at me and he says, my son, come here.
- He looks at me and he says, my son, come here.
- And today he he's my son and I'm his dad.
- And so when I had my son, I went crazy.
- When you're saying stuff about my son, that's hard.
- I said, I think it's my third oldest son, Taylor.
- So to the issue at hand, my two sons love the movie Shrek.
- She seems to have told her sons what her truth.
- And he says, listen, son, you're in trouble.
- But I also had Shepherd as a son, which was weird.
- his strength and and his son, whose name is Pierce Jark.
- Now he's in prison and his sons couldn't take it.
Examples
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Never thought his son would be tucking a fortune away into his pocket, eh?
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The Wilson family has a teenage son with a genetic disability that showed up later in life.
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And so when I had my son, I went crazy.
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And it was your relationship with your son that did that for me.
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You know, you have a son, beautiful child.
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Robert decided it was up to him, the only son, to save his family.
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I have a loving wife and a son.
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Throughout the book, the father reassured his son that he would always be there for him.
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The story began with the son's birth and progressed through his childhood and teenage years.
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My son loves to play soccer in the park every weekend.
Synonyms
A young male who is not yet an adult
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Compounds
- Literature
A politician from a state who has strong local support and whom people choose to keep the state's delegates loyal
- Offensive
A very rude name people use to show strong anger or dislike toward someone
- Literature
An old book of wise sayings and moral teachings like Proverbs
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Etymology
The word son comes from an old German word sunu that meant 'male child'. You can still see the same root in German Sohn, so son today means a male child in a family.