grandchild

«grandchild» in Mova's school dictionary: a child of your son or daughter — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a grandchild, grandchildren)

meaning for a pupil

1) A grandchild is a child of your son or daughter. tree →

2) A grandchild can be a grandson (a boy) or a granddaughter (a girl). tree →

sense in the lessons

In family trees in school, a grandchild is two generations below the grandparents. In everyday life grandparents love visits from their grandchildren. In maths family problems, «each of her 3 children has 2 children» means 6 grandchildren. Phrases: first grandchild, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

examples

• Granny has five grandchildren. tree →
• I am my grandad's only grandchild. tree →
• Their first grandchild was born last spring. tree →
• Nan sends all her grandchildren a birthday card. tree →
• Each of their 3 children has 4 children, so they have 12 grandchildren. tree →
• A great-grandchild is the child of your grandchild. tree →
• The grandchildren made a cake for Grandma. tree →

note

Plural is «grandchildren» (like child → children). A grandchild's parents are the grandparent's son or daughter (or son-in-law or daughter-in-law). In maths, to count grandchildren, add the children of each of the grandparents' children.

In the corpora

• Lots of grandparents spoil their grandchildren: they often have more time and fewer rules than busy parents.
• Many grandparents spoil their grandchildren because they have more time and fewer rules than busy parents.
• Calls from grandchildren mean a lot to grandparents far away.
• onUk is grandson and onUka granddaughter, the granny's words for her grandchildren.

Trees and pragmatics

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