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Meaning of "son" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SON

Old English sunu; related to Old Norse sunr, Gothic sunus, Old High German sunu, Lithuanian sūnus, Sanskrit sūnu.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SON

son  [sʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Son 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 SON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

son

Son

A son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter.

Definition of son in the English dictionary

The first definition of son in the dictionary is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. Other definition of son is a male descendant. Son is also a familiar term of address for a boy or man.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SON

somy
son of a bitch
son of a gun
son of God
Son of Man
son-in-law
sonance
sonancy
sonant
sonantal
sonantic
sonar
sonarman
sonata
sonata form
sonatina
sonce
sondage
sonde
sondeli

WORDS THAT END LIKE SON

on
television
Thompson
ton
tradition
transaction
translation
transmission
transportation
turn on
turn-on
union
upon
vacation
version
vision
Washington
Wilson
won
work on

Synonyms and antonyms of son in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «son» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of son

Translation of «son» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SON

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

Translator English - Chinese

儿子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hijo
570 millions of speakers

English

son
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اِبْن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сын
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

filho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fils
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

anak lelaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sohn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

息子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Putra
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con trai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மகன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुलगा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oğul
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

figlio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

син
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

son
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sønn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of son

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SON»

The term «son» is very widely used and occupies the 600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of son
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «son» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «son» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about son

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10 QUOTES WITH «SON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word son.
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Francois Arnaud
I think there comes a point in probably most father-son relationships where the son kind of starts becoming the parent.
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Sean Astin
I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
3
Jim Bakker
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
4
Jodi Benson
Homeschooling has given us some wonderful flexibility and some great life experiences, especially with our son.
5
Luke Benward
When I was little, my mom was an actress, and she still is now, and she'd go on commercial auditions, and if they needed a mom and a son, she'd take me along, and that's how I got started.
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George Best
The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.
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Cilla Black
I remember one day my son, our Robert, was looking at me on the settee and looking at me on the television, and then all of a sudden he said: 'Why don't you bring that pretty mummy home with you?' And I thought: 'Oh dear, I'm going to have to dress up at home now as well!'
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Bob Casey, Jr.
Pennsylvania couldn't be prouder of our native son, Joe Biden from Scranton. No one knows us better than Joe.
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Neal Cassady
I became the unnatural son of a few score of beaten men.
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Tracy Chevalier
My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and then write longhand, into a notebook. I prefer paper and pen because it feels closer to my brain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SON»

Discover the use of son in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to son and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Giver Quartet: Son
Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
Lois Lowry, 2012
2
Native Son
Native Son has captured, as no other novel has, the powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and yearnings, the restlessness and hysteria, of all the Bigger Thomases.
Richard Wright, 1940
3
The Son
Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the ...
Philipp Meyer, 2013
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The Giver (illustrated; gift edition)
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment.
Lois Lowry, 2011
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Seventh Son: Number 1 in series
Amid the deep woods where the Red Man still holds sway, a very special child is born. Young Alvin is the seventh son, and such a boy is destined to become great - perhaps even a man with the enormous powers of a Maker.
Orson Scott Card, 2012
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Father and Son
Father and Son is also the record of Gosse's struggle to 'fashion his inner life for himself' - a record of whose full and subversive implications the author was unaware, as Peter Abbs notes in his Introduction.
Edmund Gosse, Peter Abbs, 1989
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A Son of the Forest and Other Writings
The text is drawn from ON OUR OWN GROUND, which was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book. This new edition of Apess's classic texts is designed for classroom use.
William Apess, Barry O'Connell, 1997
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Lament for a Son
The author describes the progress of his grief from the shock of learning of his son's accidental death to his final resignation a year later
Nicholas Wolterstorff, 1987
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LTE Self-Organising Networks (SON): Network Management ...
Covering the key functional areas of LTE Self-Organising Networks (SON), this book introduces the topic at an advanced level before examining the state-of-the-art concepts.
Seppo Hämäläinen, Henning Sanneck, Cinzia Sartori, 2012
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Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son is a visionary chronicle of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls. These stories tell of spiralling grief and transcendence, of rock bottom and redemption, of getting lost and found and lost again.
Denis Johnson, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term son is used in the context of the following news items.
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Colorado theater shooter's mother was 'totally shocked' her son
Arlene Holmes said she was "totally shocked" when she learned her son James had killed 12 people and wounded 70 in a shooting rampage in a packed movie ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
James Holmes' Father Says Son Is 'Excellent Kid' in Desperate Bid …
Bob Holmes took the stand Tuesday in a desperate attempt to save the life of his son, who was convicted of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others in the ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
3
Rocker Nick Cave's son dies after fall from cliff
Nick Cave and his wife, British model Susie Bick, released a statement confirming the death of their son, who they called their "beautiful, happy, loving boy. «CNN, Jul 15»
4
Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist
The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
5
Diddy's Son Justin Combs -- Thanks for Fighting for Me
0623-diddy-justin-instagram Diddy's son is totally cool with his father brawling with his football coaches -- in fact ... he's thanking Diddy for the fight that cost him ... «TMZ.com, Jun 15»
6
Obamas, Clintons To Join Joe Biden At Funeral For Son Beau
Calling himself part of the Biden clan, President Barack Obama remembered Beau Biden as a selfless son and consummate public servant in a eulogy delivered ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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Joe Biden's son Beau dies of brain cancer, aged 46
Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the son of US Vice-President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer. The 46-year-old was taken to hospital earlier ... «BBC News, May 15»
8
Dean Skelos, Albany Senate Leader, Aided Son at All Costs, US Says
Over the last five years or so, it seemed there was little that Dean G. Skelos, the majority leader of the New York Senate, would not do for his son. He pressed a ... «New York Times, May 15»
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VIDEO: Angry mom beats son suspected of rioting in Baltimore
The mother saw her son on television throwing rocks at police, reports ABC ... a single mother of six, and her 16-year-old son, according to the Associated Press. «KABC-TV, Apr 15»
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Police seek arrest of mother who left disabled son in woods
Nyia Parler left her 21-year-old son - who is quadriplegic and has cerebral palsy - lying in leaves and covered with a blanket next to a wheelchair and Bible ... «CBS News, Apr 15»

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