1
a
: a human male offspring especially of human beings
b
: a male adopted child
c
: a human male descendant
2
Son
: the second person of the Trinity
3
: a person closely associated with or deriving from a formative agent (such as a nation, school, or race)
Examples of son in a Sentence
Noun
She gave birth to a son.
They have two sons and a daughter.
He is the son of a lawyer and a doctor.
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
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Noun
Law enforcement officials have said that the destructive-device charge is not related to the death of his son.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
Fernando Mendoza is the eldest son of Elsa and Fernando Mendoza Sr.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The film, adapted from a 2017 Los Angeles Times story about Hang by Frank Shyong, stars Lucy Liu as Irene, who is trying to keep her son Joe’s (Lawrence Shou) schizophrenia diagnosis secret from the other parents in her Asian American community because of a taboo around mental health issues.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Sharif stays behind, his boy Salim crying as the car drives away, separating father and son.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/son. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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son
noun1
a
: a male offspring especially of human parents
b
: a human male descendant
2
capitalized
: the second person of the Trinity
3
: a man or boy closely associated with or thought of as a child of something (as a country, race, or religion)
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