son

«son» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy or man who is someone's child — 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 (son, sons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A son is a boy or man who is someone's child. tree →

2) «Son» is also a friendly word an older man may use to a boy. tree →

sense in the lessons

a person in age problems; the father's age compared to the son's; in families: a son and a daughter are brother and sister; in stories: a king's son is a prince; phrases: «only son», «eldest son», «father and son»

examples

• The father is 3 times as old as his son. tree →
• The son is 8 years old. tree →
• In 5 years the son will be 13. tree →
• A man has 2 sons. tree →
• The farmer's son helped feed the cows. tree →
• Mrs Lee has one son and two daughters. tree →
• The king left the castle to his eldest son. tree →
• Father and son went fishing together. tree →
• "Approach, my son," he said kindly. tree →

note

In age problems both ages grow by the same years. Trap: «3 times as old» is not the same in later years. Homophone: son (a child) and sun (the star) sound the same. Plural: sons.

In the corpora

• «Proper job, son!» — West Country for «well done».
• «Champion, son» (in the North of England «champion» means excellent).
• Mr Doyle, his owner, leans out: «Don't feed him, son.
• Sam's dad says, «Not every dog's going to be your mate, son.
• No fight, son.

Trees and pragmatics

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