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# grandma

noun (a grandma, grandmas; Grandma as a name)

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

## Everyday

1. Grandma is a friendly word for grandmother: the mother of your mother or of your father. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#m1)
2. Grandma is also used as a name when you talk to her: «Hi, Grandma!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories grandmas are family members who may look after children, cook, tell stories and share family history. Other words: granny, gran, nana, nan, grandmother. Phrases: Grandma's house, visit Grandma, great-grandma.

### Examples

- I'm going to Grandma's house this weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x1)
- Grandma, can you read me a story? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x2)
- My grandma is my mum's mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x3)
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x4)
- I have two grandmas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x5)
- Grandma told us stories about when she was little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x6)
- We video-called Grandma on her birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x7)
- My great-grandma is Grandma's mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandma/#x8)

### Note

Write «Grandma» with a capital letter when you use it as her name («Hi, Grandma»), but «my grandma» with a small letter. Plural: grandmas. In maths family problems: a grandma is two generations older than you. Someone online saying «I'm your grandma's friend» is still a stranger.

## On Mova

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