nephew
part of speech
noun (a nephew, nephews)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your nephew is the son of your brother or sister. tree →
2) Your nephew can also be the son of your husband's or wife's brother or sister. tree →
sense in the lessons
In family trees in school, a nephew is one generation below you. In everyday life, aunts and uncles have nephews and nieces. Phrases: my nephew, nephews and nieces, great-nephew.
examples
- My aunt has two nephews: me and my brother. tree →
- Uncle Pat took his nephew fishing. tree →
- My nephew is only three years old. tree →
- She bought presents for all her nephews and nieces. tree →
- If you have 3 sisters and each has 2 sons, you have 6 nephews. tree →
- My mum's sister's son is her nephew and my cousin. tree →
- "My dear nephew," he said, "your story gives me some hope. tree →
note
Countable noun. The girl version is «niece». Your nephew is your parents' grandson and your own child's cousin. Do not confuse with cousin: your aunt's son is your cousin, but you are your aunt's nephew or niece.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nephew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.