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# grandmother

noun (grandmother, grandmothers); also grandma, granny, nan, nana

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

## Everyday

1. A grandmother is the mother of your mother or of your father. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#m1)
2. Children often call her Grandma, Granny, Nan or Nana. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#m2)
3. A great-grandmother is the mother of your grandmother or grandfather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#m3)

### In the lessons

A person in the story who gives, bakes, knits or is older by some years. In everyday life and family: visiting grandparents, Grandparents' Day, stories from long ago. In stories: Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother. Phrases: «my grandmother's house», «great-grandmother», «on my mother's side».

### Examples

- Grandmother baked 36 cookies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x1)
- She gave 5 dollars to each grandchild. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x2)
- My grandmother is 50 years older than me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x3)
- Grandmother knits 2 scarves a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x4)
- We visit Granny every Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x5)
- My grandmother told me stories about when she was a girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x6)
- Little Red Riding Hood took a basket to her grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x7)
- My nan lives in Dublin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x8)
- That is what grandmother told us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandmother/#x9)

### Note

A person only; the clue is in the verb (gives, bakes) or in the age comparison. Trap: «50 years older» is a difference to add to your age, not her age. Every person has two grandmothers: one on the mother's side and one on the father's side.

## On Mova

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