Library / English Dictionary

GRANDPARENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parent of your father or mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grandparent" is a kind of...):

forbear; forebear (a person from whom you are descended)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grandparent"):

gramps; grandad; granddad; granddaddy; grandfather; grandpa (the father of your father or mother)

gran; grandma; grandmother; grannie; granny; nan; nanna (the mother of your father or mother)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb grandparent

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