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mother

/ˈmʌðər/ /ˈmʌðə/
noun
  1. 1
    anne, anacountable

    A female parent of a child or of a young animal.

    • My mother works as a doctor in Ankara.
      Annem Ankara'da doktor olarak çalışıyor.
    • The baby elephant stayed close to its mother.
      Yavru fil annesinin yanından ayrılmadı.
  2. 2
    (…in) en büyüğü, (…in) dik âlâsıcountable Informal

    Used in 'the mother of all …' to mean a very big, bad or important example of something.

    • I woke up with the mother of all headaches.
      Uyandığımda başım feci şekilde ağrıyordu.
    • We got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams.
      Trafik sıkışıklığının dik âlâsına yakalandık.
  3. 3
    ana (dil, gemi)countable

    Used before another noun for the original or main thing that others come from.

    • Turkish is her mother tongue, but she speaks perfect English.
      Türkçe onun ana dili ama mükemmel İngilizce konuşuyor.
    • The small boats returned to the mother ship at night.
      Küçük tekneler gece ana gemiye döndü.

Synonyms

mummommummymommymama

Antonyms

Collocations

mother and fathersingle motherworking mothernew mothermother of twoexpectant mothermother tongueMother's DayMother Naturethe mother of allmother-in-law

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