son

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noun

1
a
: a human male offspring especially of human beings
b
: a male adopted child
c
: a human male descendant
2
capitalized : 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)
sonhood noun

son-

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combining form

variants or sono-
: sound
sonic
sonogram

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
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
McAvoy stars in Speak No Evil as Paddy, who along with his wife, Ciara (Aisling Franciosi) and young son, Ant (Dan Hough) befriend the Daltons—Louise, (Mackenzie Davis), Ben (Scoot McNairy) and their young daughter, Agnes (Alix West Lefler)—during a weeklong vacation stay in Italy. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 Attorneys for Oakley and MSG have a courtroom status conference scheduled for March 4, 2025—more than eight years after the now infamous game and by which point Anthony’s son, high school basketball star Kiyan Anthony, will have made his college basketball commitment. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2024 To develop the film, Winslet worked closely with Miller’s son Antony Penrose (played onscreen by Josh O’Connor), whose biography The Lives of Lee Miller serves as the basis for the screenplay. Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024 Nathan Clark: To clear the air, my son, Aiden Clark, was not murdered. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for son 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English sone, from Old English sunu; akin to Old High German sun son, Greek hyios

Combining form

Latin sonus sound

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of son was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Son.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/son. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

son

noun
1
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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