/sʌn/
Translation
A boy or man who is someone's child.
Word origin
From Old English sunu, the word for a male child.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sunu
Grammar
Examples
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"Son" means a boy who is someone's child.
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"Son" here means the male child.
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"Sons" is the plural, meaning more than one son.
A son is a boy or man who is someone's child. If you are a boy and you have parents, you are their son. A family can have one son, many sons, or none at all.
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