grandparent
grandparent
Definition
grand·parent (grand′per′ənt, gran′-)
noun
a grandfather or grandmother
grandparent
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dote: Not to mention constant babysitters in the form of doting grandparents.
- bear: How many people living in Wolverhampton today have four grandparents born in Wolverhampton - or three, or even two?
- ask: But it could have been so much better and allot easier if I would have only asked the grandparents of the world more questions.
- live: I was born in Fountain St, my Grandparents lived in Ellis St and at Moor Close Farm then Back Colne Rd.
- become: Some parents might be excited at the prospect of becoming grandparents.
- lose: So within 7 months and 2 days our boys have lost 3 grandparents to cancer.
Adjective modifier
- paternal: The children were now living with their father and paternal grandparents.
- maternal: The maternal grandparents have obtained parental responsibility under a court order in the United Kingdom.
- retired: Retired grandparents can invest on his behalf, tho, since this money won't be taxed at all.
- proud: Congratulations and thanks from David and Val, the proud grandparents, and all the family.
- elderly: The children lived with their elderly grandparents by the sea.
Modifies a noun
- grandparents-in: Geared toward home-based grandparents grandparents-in law the money in.
- carer: Grandparent carer in Suffolk sunny Posted - 15/04/2005: 14:46:30 Yes I will second that well done for fighting on despite everything.
- adopter: I have been in phone contact with another grandparent adopter, who successfully adopted last November.
Noun used with modifier
- great-great: My great-great grandparents came from Stalybridge arriving in the United States in 1881.
Possessives
- farm: He was staying at his grandparents ' farm where he was given rides around the farm.
- house: He lives at the bottom of the old quarry close to Barney's grandparents ' house.
- generation: They focus on their own, their parents ' and their grandparents ' generations.
Preposition: in
- situation: Just had one of those days today and would appreciate talking to another grandparent in the same situation as us.
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