grandson

«grandson» in Mova's school dictionary: the son of your son or daughter; a boy is the grandson of… — 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 (a grandson, grandsons)

meaning for a pupil

A grandson is the son of your son or daughter; a boy is the grandson of his grandparents. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in family trees and stories about families. A grandson is a grandchild; a girl is a granddaughter. In maths word problems about families and ages, grandsons and granddaughters are counted as grandchildren. Phrases: proud of her grandson, my eldest grandson.

examples

• Grandma is proud of her grandson for winning the race. tree →
• Mr Brown has three grandsons and two granddaughters. tree →
• Leo is the grandson of the old fisherman. tree →
• The farmer left the farm to his grandson. tree →
• Our neighbour's grandson visits every summer. tree →
• Granddad took his grandson to the football match. tree →

note

One word, no hyphen. Plural grandsons. Female form: granddaughter (note the double d). «Grandchildren» covers both grandsons and granddaughters.

In the corpora

• Emma was dared to prank-call a random number; a grandma answered, frightened it was bad news about her grandson.
• Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, conquered the land of Kalinga in a terrible war in which very many people died.
• Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya's grandson, conquered the land of Kalinga in a terrible war in which very many people died.
• Genghis's grandson Kublai Khan conquered China and founded the Yuan dynasty, with his capital where Beijing is now.
• onUk is grandson and onUka granddaughter, the granny's words for her grandchildren.

Trees and pragmatics

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