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# stepfather

noun (a stepfather, stepfathers)

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

## Everyday

A stepfather is a man who is married to your mother but is not your birth father. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#m1)

### In the lessons

In lessons about families, pupils learn that families come in many shapes: some children have a stepfather, a stepmother, stepbrothers and stepsisters after a parent marries again. A stepfather can be a loving parent. In fairy tales step-parents are sometimes cruel, but in real life that is a story trope, not the truth. Phrases: «my stepfather», «stepdad» (informal).

### Examples

- My stepfather takes me to football practice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x1)
- Her mum married again, so she has a stepfather now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x2)
- I call my stepfather by his first name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x3)
- My stepdad makes the best pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x4)
- He has a father and a stepfather who both love him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x5)
- Tom's stepfather came to the school play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x6)
- A stepfather is part of a blended family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x7)
- The young prince was thankful that his stepfather was going to the war, and secretly hoped he might never come back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/#x8)

### Note

Plural: stepfathers. Informal: stepdad. Related: stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister. A stepbrother is not a «half-brother»: a half-brother shares one birth parent with you, a stepbrother shares none. Myth: stepfathers are wicked — that comes from fairy tales.

## On Mova

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