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# cousin

noun (cousin, cousins)

«cousin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cousin is the child of your aunt or uncle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#m1)
2. A first cousin shares your grandparents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: a person in the story who gives, gets or shares things; sometimes a count of people; family trees; everyday life: visiting cousins, family parties; stories: cousins on holiday together

### Examples

- Sam shares 20 candies with his 4 cousins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x1)
- Her cousin is 3 years older. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x2)
- Mia has 6 cousins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x3)
- His cousin gave him 5 stickers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x4)
- My cousins live in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x5)
- We played with our cousins at Grandma's house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x6)
- My cousin and I were born in the same year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x7)
- Besides that, they were Fionn’s own cousins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/#x8)

### Note

A person; the problem is about what moves between people. Trap: when sharing «with his 4 cousins», check if Sam also gets a share (then 5 people). Spelling: c-o-u-s-i-n, said «KUZ-in».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cousin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cousin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cousin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cousin.html) on Mova free.