aunt

«aunt» in Mova's school dictionary: the sister of your mother or father — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (aunt, aunts; auntie, aunty)

meaning for a pupil

1) An aunt is the sister of your mother or father. tree →

2) An aunt is also the wife of your uncle. tree →

3) «Auntie» is a friendly word for an aunt or for an older woman friend of the family. tree →

sense in the lessons

a person who gives or gets things; ages compared; in families: your aunt's children are your cousins; in stories: a kind or strict aunt looks after a child; phrases: «Aunt Mary», «great-aunt» (your parent's aunt)

examples

• His aunt gave him $10. tree →
• My aunt is 35 years old. tree →
• She has 2 aunts. tree →
• Aunt Mary baked 24 cookies. tree →
• My aunt is my mum's younger sister. tree →
• We stayed with Auntie Jo for the holidays. tree →
• My aunt's children are my cousins. tree →
• His great-aunt is 90 years old. tree →
• Aunt Em was washing the dishes. tree →

note

A person; giving from an aunt adds to the child's amount. «Aunt» takes a capital letter before a name: Aunt Mary. Pronounced «ant» (US) or «arnt» (UK); in the US it sounds like the insect «ant».

In the corpora

• Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.
• Baby elephants stay close to mothers and aunts, who circle them when lions or hyenas come; babies suck their trunks for comfort.
• "Aunt Flo" is a joking American way to talk about a period; there is no aunt.
• She shuts it and tells her aunt, and that small act could save a life.
• His aunt rang to ask if anyone had seen it, and Mum was embarrassed in front of her sister.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aunt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.