Etimology
From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).
noun
son (plural sons)
One's male offspring.
A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.
A person regarded as the product of some place.
A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(UK, New York City, colloquial) An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.
(computing) The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.
Examples
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:son
Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
Eli called Samuel his son. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.
He was a son of the mafia system.
I hold it to be true, that the people are the sons of the soil; and we are only their instruments here.
Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?
Shepard: Stay with me. We're almost through this.Admiral Anderson: You did good, son. You did good. I'm proud of you.Shepard: Thank you, sir. Anderson?
Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files.
After the update, the new file master file is the son. The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather. The grandfather and son files are stored in different locations.
Related words
antonyms
(with regards to gender) daughter
(with regards to ancestry) father, mother, parent
hypernyms
child
Etimology
From Middle English sonen, sunen, from the noun (see above).
verb
son (third-person singular simple present sons, present participle sonning, simple past and past participle sonned)
(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.
(transitive) To address (someone) as "son".
Examples
I sonned a father who would not be sonned, […]
“Don't 'son' me.” “I'm old enough to be your father,” he said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
“Son—now's not the time, please.” “It's the perfect time—it's the best time fucking time I ever had. There's not gonna be another time, so don't son me, you bastard. […] ”
Etimology
From Spanish son (literally “tone, sound”).
noun
son (uncountable)
(music) Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.
Examples
When son first emerged in the streets of Havana, in the early twentieth century, it was shut down by the police, as were most forms of African culture. Son groups, conjuntos, caught playing on the street, as was the tradition, had their instruments confiscated.