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# grandchild

noun (a grandchild, grandchildren)

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

## Everyday

1. A grandchild is a child of your son or daughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#m1)
2. A grandchild can be a grandson (a boy) or a granddaughter (a girl). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#m2)

### In the lessons

In family trees in school, a grandchild is two generations below the grandparents. In everyday life grandparents love visits from their grandchildren. In maths family problems, «each of her 3 children has 2 children» means 6 grandchildren. Phrases: first grandchild, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

### Examples

- Granny has five grandchildren. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x1)
- I am my grandad's only grandchild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x2)
- Their first grandchild was born last spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x3)
- Nan sends all her grandchildren a birthday card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x4)
- Each of their 3 children has 4 children, so they have 12 grandchildren. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x5)
- A great-grandchild is the child of your grandchild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x6)
- The grandchildren made a cake for Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandchild/#x7)

### Note

Plural is «grandchildren» (like child → children). A grandchild's parents are the grandparent's son or daughter (or son-in-law or daughter-in-law). In maths, to count grandchildren, add the children of each of the grandparents' children.

## On Mova

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