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grandparentgrand‧par‧ent /ˈɡrænˌpeərənt $ -ˌper-/ ●●● W3 noun [countable usually plural]   - My grandparents live in Oregon.
- Across Route 22, in Union, my other grandparents sat choked in tinsel.
- Every human being has two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen great-great-grandparents, and so on.
- I missed my grandparents desperately and longed for Pam.
- My five-year-old godson's grandparents brought him a small, framed drawing for his christening present.
- Our grandparents, then, Roman and Fenya Lubetkin.
- The role of grandparents is to give time and unconditional love.
- This can be an aunt or grandparent or some other family member.
words for grandparents► grandfather/grandmother · She looks just like grandmother.· My grandfather was a farmer. ► grandpa informal grandfather: · My grandpa died when I was a baby.· Ask Grandpa if he'll buy us an ice cream. ► grandma informal grandmother: · I was at my grandma's house yesterday. ► grandad informal (also granddad American English) grandfather: · Grandad collects me from school on Fridays. ► granny informal grandmother: · Granny, can I come with you? ► nan/nanna British English informal grandmother – used especially by children: · She's staying at her nan's.· You can have a cuddle on the sofa with Nanna. ► Familybaby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun ADJECTIVE► maternal· E.'s maternal grandparents applied for residence and contact orders and on 18 February 1992 all the applications were consolidated.· Her maternal grandparents had come to New York for the occasion.· Dorothy, the eldest, went to the maternal grandparents, where she stayed for a number of years. VERB► live· Last month a 12-year-old Devon girl became the first in Britain to win an order allowing her to live with her grandparents.· He went to live with his grandparents.· At a private hearing in Torquay, a judge granted a residence order which allows her to continue living with her grandparents.· There, living with his grandparents is a boy named Beto.· The main options may be for him to stay put or live temporarily with his grandparents.· He then went to live with his paternal grandparents, who died of natural causes soon after his placement with them.· But with regular visiting, or through living together, grandparents could become important and sometimes crucial figures in childhood.· More than 3 million children in the United States now live with grandparents or other family members. one of the parents of your mother or father:  My grandparents live in Sussex.THESAURUSwords for grandparentsgrandfather/grandmother: · She looks just like grandmother.· My grandfather was a farmer.grandpa informal grandfather: · My grandpa died when I was a baby.· Ask Grandpa if he'll buy us an ice cream.grandma informal grandmother: · I was at my grandma's house yesterday.grandad informal (also granddad American English) grandfather: · Grandad collects me from school on Fridays.granny informal grandmother: · Granny, can I come with you?nan/nanna British English informal grandmother – used especially by children: · She's staying at her nan's.· You can have a cuddle on the sofa with Nanna. |