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Meaning of "one-parent family" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ONE-PARENT FAMILY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONE-PARENT FAMILY

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
One-Parent family is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ONE-PARENT FAMILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of one-parent family in the English dictionary

The definition of one-parent family in the dictionary is a household consisting of at least one dependent child and the mother or father, the other parent being dead or permanently absent.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONE-PARENT FAMILY

one-man
one-man band
one-man show
one-many
one-night stand
one-of-a-kind
one-off
one-on-one
one-one
one-owner
one-party system
one-piece
one-reeler
one-room apartment
one-room flat
one-roomed apartment
one-roomed flat
one-shot
one-sided
one-sidedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONE-PARENT FAMILY

county family
dreamily
extended family
family
first family
foamily
gamily
happy family
Holy Family
homily
host family
lone-parent family
multifamily
nonfamily
nuclear family
royal family
single-parent family
stepfamily
subfamily
superfamily
the Holy Family

Synonyms and antonyms of one-parent family in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «one-parent family» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONE-PARENT FAMILY

Find out the translation of one-parent family to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of one-parent family from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «one-parent family» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单亲家庭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

familia monoparental
570 millions of speakers

English

one-parent family
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक माता पिता परिवार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسرة أحد الوالدين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неполная семья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

famílias monoparentais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক - অভিভাবক পরিবার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

famille monoparentale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keluarga satu ibu bapa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ein-Eltern- Familie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ワン親ファミリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한 부모 가족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kulawarga tiyang sepuh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia đình một mẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு பெற்றோர் குடும்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक पालक कुटुंब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek ebeveynli aile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

famiglia monoparentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jeden rodzic rodzina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неповна сім´я
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

familie monoparentală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένα γονέα οικογένεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enkelouer- gesin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ensamförälder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

én forelder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of one-parent family

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE-PARENT FAMILY»

The term «one-parent family» is normally little used and occupies the 129.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONE-PARENT FAMILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about one-parent family

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONE-PARENT FAMILY»

Discover the use of one-parent family in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to one-parent family and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Children and Their Families: The Continuum of Care
Of the 12 million one-parent family groups recorded in the 2003 census, for example, the 10 million maintained by women were more likely than the 2 million maintained by men to have incomes below the poverty level (32% compared with  ...
Vicky R. Bowden, Cindy Smith Greenberg, 2010
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Housing characteristics of one-parent households, 1989
Distribution of Family Households With Own Children, by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1989 ................................................................... .. 4 3. One- Parent Family Households, by Race and Hispanic Origin of Parent: 1985 and 1989 .
Timothy S. Grall, United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research, United States. Bureau of the Census, 1992
3
Young Children'S Health And Well-Being
This atmosphere will diminish the quality of contact with the non-resident parent and have a negative impact on the child's well-being. For many children parental separation will entail living in a one-parent family with a resulting loss of income ...
Underdown, Angela, 2006
4
Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps
The fact that the relationship between family structure and high school graduation and work does not disappear among boys once we adjust for test scores is important and relates back to our theory of why growing up in a one-parent family  ...
Sarah McLanahan, Gary Sandefur, 2009
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Parenting: What Really Counts?
The findings of research on children whose mothers have been single from the start, and who are financially secure with supportive family and friends, will tell us more about whether growing up in a one-parent family, in itself, is bad for ...
Susan Golombok, 2000
6
Current Population Reports: Special studies
Premarital childbearing, separation, and divorce have caused one- parent family groups to become much more prevalent (and accepted) in the United States in the last 20 years. Now, about 3 out of 1 0 family groups are maintained by just one ...
‎1992
7
Poverty, Inequality, and Income Distribution in Comparative ...
Welfare position class as percentage of Country overall welfare position Type of family i Persons living in <50% 50-100% 100-150% >150% Sweden In two- parent family 5.43 54.37 35.38 4.82 In one-parent family 10.71 67.02 20.34 (1.93) 2 ...
Timothy M. Smeeding, Michael O'Higgins, Lee Rainwater, 1990
8
America's Children: Resources from Family, Government, and ...
First, in the short run, for many children the separation or divorce of their parents brings a sharp drop in family income as well as substantial psychological trauma, but when the lone parent in a one-parent family (re)marries to form a stepfamily, ...
Donald J. Hernandez, 1993
9
Untitled
17 percent of one-parent family groups are father-child family groups. 41 percent of mother-child family groups have a nevermarried mother. Married couples with children _ Married couples without children Other families with children Other ...
‎1997
10
Statistical Abstract of the United States
_ _ _ 21,905 22,241 22,319 23,646 22,857 77 74 75 One-parent family groups ‚ . . 6,389 7,838 8,641 7,711 7,594 23 26 25 Maintained by mother. _ _ _ 5,310 6,216 6,747 6,359 6,138 19 21 20 Maintained by father. _ _ _ _ 1,079 1,622 1,894 ...
‎2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONE-PARENT FAMILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term one-parent family is used in the context of the following news items.
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Young Fine Gael seek repeal on Eighth Amendment
Other motions passed at the weekend included: calling on government to reverse the cuts to the one-parent family payment, to ensure all ... «The Clare Herald, Jul 15»
2
Robert Carlyle: 'Some women just aren't maternal, and my mum was …
Carlyle as Begbie in Trainspotting: 'Back in the sixties, when I was growing up, the notion of a one-parent family – especially of a single father ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Lone parent payment changes can help women to work - Kenny
Parents' groups have claimed recent changes to the one-parent family payment will negatively impact thousands of people on low incomes. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
There's no benefit in a government misleading its own people
Labour chief whip, Emmet Stagg in a letter to a constituent saying that recent changes to the One-Parent Family Payment were a 'bad decision'. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
5
Labour TD criticises changes to lone parents' allowance in …
... Stagg has confirmed that he wrote a letter to a constituent in which he criticised recent changes made to the One-Parent Family Payment. «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
6
Limerick representatives slam lone parent cuts
Under the changes that came into effect last week, parents of children aged seven and older will no longer be entitled to the one-parent family ... «Limerick Post, Jul 15»
7
The 9 at 9: Thursday
... letter to a constituent in which he criticised changes to the one-parent family payment which were introduced by his party leader, RTÉ reports. «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»
8
Analysis: Early childhood care scheme too little, too late
... parents – whose children are at greatest risk of poverty – by moving them off the One-Parent Family payment on to jobseeker's allowance. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Callous lone parent cuts should be reviewed as economy picks up
Introduced by the Minister for Social Protection since Budget 2012, the policy of switching off One-Parent Family Payment for lone parents with ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Motion on One-Parent Family Payment cuts defeated
A motion calling on the Government not to proceed with cuts to the One-Parent Family Payment was defeated last night in the Dáil. «RTE.ie, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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