stepsister

«stepsister» in Mova's school dictionary: the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stepsister, stepsisters)

meaning for a pupil

A girl or woman who is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the daughter of your own mother or father. tree →

sense in the lessons

It is a family word: when a parent marries or partners someone new who already has a daughter, she becomes your stepsister. In fairy tales such as «Cinderella», the stepsisters are often unkind, but real stepsisters can be good friends. Phrases: «my stepsister», «younger stepsister».

examples

• My stepsister is the same age as me. tree →
• Cinderella's stepsisters made her do all the work. tree →
• I get on really well with my stepsister. tree →
• When Dad married Sarah, her daughter Lucy became my stepsister. tree →
• My stepsister lives with us every other week. tree →
• We have two stepsisters and one brother. tree →
• My stepsisters have sent me to you for a light." tree →

note

One word. A stepsister shares no parent with you; a «half-sister» shares one parent. Fairy tales show «wicked stepsisters», but that is a story pattern, not the truth about real families.

In the corpora

• A stepbrother or stepsister shares no parent with you; they are the child of your parent's partner.

Trees and pragmatics

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