grandpa
part of speech
noun (a grandpa, grandpas; Grandpa — as a name)
meaning for a pupil
Grandpa is an informal, friendly word for your grandfather: the father of your mother or your father. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and family lessons, a grandpa is part of the wider family; children may call him Grandpa, Grandad, Granddad, Pop, Poppa, Gramps, Grampa or other names, depending on the family and country. In maths and family trees, a person has two grandfathers. In stories, a grandpa is often wise, kind and full of old tales. Phrases: «my grandpa», «Grandpa's house», «visit Grandpa».
examples
- My grandpa takes me fishing. tree →
- Grandpa, can you tell us a story? tree →
- I made a card for Grandpa's birthday. tree →
- Grandpa used to be a train driver. tree →
- We visit Grandpa every Sunday. tree →
- Your grandpa is your dad's dad or your mum's dad. tree →
- Everyone has two grandpas. tree →
- Grandpa is teaching me to play chess. tree →
note
Plural grandpas. Write «Grandpa» with a capital G when you use it as a name («Hi, Grandpa!») and small g after «my» («my grandpa»). Formal word: grandfather. «Granddad» or «Grandad» are common in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
In the corpora
- Later Mum explains: Grandpa needs a small operation and they were planning the trip to visit him.
- Example: a girl in Phoenix gets a book from her grandpa by post.
- Everyone looks forward to it, nobody gets upset, and Grandpa wins every year with a rubber snake in the mailbox.
- Lucy's grandpa in Kentucky told her that if she crossed her eyes too long they'd stay that way.
- Grandpa chuckled: «Well, it worked on your daddy.» Emma's uncle said Santa watched through the smoke alarm light.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grandpa» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.