nephew

Converse of object

• have: She had a nephew Robert Irving in Sun Valley, CA.
• adopt: After the death of his niece Emily in 1836, Sarah Jackson, wife of his adopted nephew, acted as First Lady.
• include: At the very least the definition should be expanded to include nephews and nieces and more distant blood relatives.
• orphan: We owe a debt of gratitude to Horatio for the financial aid he gave his orphaned nephews.

Adjective modifier

• eldest: Martin 11-04-2005, 19:56 The face has put my eldest nephew off of pickled onions!
• grand: If there are grand nephews or nieces that are particularly interested, then they would also be considered.
• young: My young nephew is one of his close pals!
• favorite: Ian Walker, her least favorite nephew, has been given the task of transcribing the sessions likely to prove most lucrative.
• old: I promised my twin 6-year old nephews, Ben & Dan, that I'd take them to the Safari Park.
• great: The house was greatly extended in the 1770s by his great nephew Sir Richard Worsley.

Modifies a noun

• lot: Would nephew Lot substitute in some way for his own lack of offspring ( cf.

Noun used with modifier

• baby: At the age of 30 he took on looking after his baby nephew Johnnie who had been born crippled.
• great-great: His great-great nephew Kevin Minns was among the audience - Mr Minns is Lord Nuffield's closest living relative.

Possessives

• house: In the afternoon he turned his steps toward his nephew's house.

Possessives

• Scrooge: In Scrooge's vision of Tiny Tim's death, Bob remarks on how kind Scrooge's nephew was to him.
• king: The prince who tragically died in the car accident was the king's nephew.
• wife: It was taken by a distant cousin of my second wife's nephew 's brother's great, great, great, grandfather.

Preposition: in

• care: So my questions are these: 1. Is my nephew in the care of social services?

Preposition: of

• mine: Have the words, " I'll never let that nephew of mine near my computer again!