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SIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female person who has the same parents as another person

Example:

my sister married a musician

Synonyms:

sis; sister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

female sibling (a person's sister)

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

big sister (an older sister)

little sister (a younger sister)

half-sister; half sister; stepsister (a sister who has only one parent in common with you)

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