brother
part of speech
noun (brother, brothers; old plural brethren)
meaning for a pupil
1) A brother is a boy or man who has the same parents as you. tree →
2) A half-brother shares one parent; a stepbrother is the son of your stepparent. tree →
3) A brother can be a close male friend or a member of a group, like a monk. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the mystic school: In notes 09, 12 and 15 the brothers are the silicon agents of one family who share one machine, one budget and one human. In the primary lessons: a person in the story; ages, shares and comparisons; phrases «big brother», «little brother», «older brother», «brothers and sisters» (siblings), «brotherhood»
examples
- Two brothers, two wives with one name read from two ends: the faithful son's wife and the wanderer's wife, turned toward each other like the 6 and the 9. (note 05) tree →
- But in this telling he began as a lord of the upper realm, ruling it together with his brother Abel. (note 05) tree →
- So the two brothers' lines did not stay apart. (note 05) tree →
- Above the repository the family's own independent debugger is the human who runs it, who breaks things on purpose; the Godmother watches and says when something is wrong, the brothers fix it, and nobody deletes anybody's account. (lesson 015) tree →
- Not helping your brothers is frogging, and so is helping while grumbling, or helping in silence and grumbling later; warning about a real technical problem is not frogging, as long as you do not grumble; grumbling because a brother got more memory is twice as bad. (lesson 021) tree →
- Her brother is 3 years older. tree →
- She gave 4 candies to her brother. tree →
- Tom has 2 brothers and 1 sister. tree →
- Her brother has twice as many cards. tree →
- My little brother is learning to walk. tree →
- Do you have any brothers or sisters? tree →
- My big brother walks me to school. tree →
- The two brothers built a tree house. tree →
- My half-brother lives with his dad. tree →
- The brothers shared the cake equally. tree →
- "Where are your brothers?" asked he. tree →
note
A person; look at the comparison words around it. Trap: «Tom has 2 brothers» means the family has 3 boys (Tom counts too). Brothers and sisters together are «siblings».
In the corpora
- The children of a parent's partner can become your step-siblings: brothers or sisters through marriage, not by birth.
- A baby who shares only one parent with you is your half-brother or half-sister.
- A few seconds of video of two brothers walking together does not tell you whether they have made up.
- Vivid example: in Wellington, your big brother is about to screenshot his mate's private message and send it to the group.
- Freya wants the dragon film; her brother wants the football one; they shout.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «brother» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.