The meaning of DAUGHTER is a female offspring especially of human parents. How to use daughter in a sentence.
DAUGHTER meaning: 1. your female child: 2. your female child: 3. a female child in relation to her parents: . Learn more.
DAUGHTER definition: a female child or person in relation to her parents. See examples of daughter used in a sentence.
Definition of daughter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From biological perspective, a daughter is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being used in reference to a female descendant or consanguinity. It can also be used as a term of endearment coming from an elder.
daugh ter (ˈdɔ tər) n. 1. a girl or woman in relation to her parents. 2. any female descendant. 3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: a daughter of the church. 4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin. 5. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
The word "daughter" comes from the Old English word "dohtor," which has Germanic roots. It has been used for many centuries to describe the female offspring of parents.
Daughter definition: A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent.
We have distinguished two types of situations from the point of view of the placement of the obligatory X constituent within the phrase XP: one in which X is a daughter of XP, and one in which X is not a daughter of XP, but a daughter of one of the constituents of XP (in an adjunct configuration).