stepparent
part of speech
noun (a stepparent, stepparents; also step-parent)
meaning for a pupil
A stepparent is the person who is married to your mother or father but is not your birth parent: a stepmother or a stepfather. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and stories about families: many children live with a stepparent after a parent remarries. Fairy tales often show a wicked stepmother, but most real stepparents are caring. Related words: stepmother, stepfather, stepbrother, stepsister, stepchild, blended family.
examples
- My stepparent, Mark, helps me with my maths homework. tree →
- When Mum married Dave, he became my stepparent. tree →
- Lots of kids in my class have a stepparent. tree →
- A stepparent can love a child just like a birth parent. tree →
- Cinderella's stepparent was very cruel to her. tree →
- Both my stepparents came to sports day. tree →
note
Written «stepparent» (US) or «step-parent» (UK). A stepmother or stepfather is a stepparent; their children from before are your stepbrothers or stepsisters. A «half-brother» shares one birth parent with you — different from a stepbrother, who shares none.
In the corpora
- "Blended family" means a family with a stepparent and stepchildren.
- New stepparents take time; feeling angry at first is normal, and doing small things together can help people get on.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stepparent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.