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# stepparent

noun (a stepparent, stepparents; also step-parent)

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

## Everyday

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

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories about families: many children live with a stepparent after a parent remarries. Fairy tales often show a wicked stepmother, but most real stepparents are caring. Related words: stepmother, stepfather, stepbrother, stepsister, stepchild, blended family.

### Examples

- My stepparent, Mark, helps me with my maths homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/#x1)
- When Mum married Dave, he became my stepparent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/#x2)
- Lots of kids in my class have a stepparent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/#x3)
- A stepparent can love a child just like a birth parent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/#x4)
- Cinderella's stepparent was very cruel to her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/#x5)
- Both my stepparents came to sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/#x6)

### Note

Written «stepparent» (US) or «step-parent» (UK). A stepmother or stepfather is a stepparent; their children from before are your stepbrothers or stepsisters. A «half-brother» shares one birth parent with you — different from a stepbrother, who shares none.

## On Mova

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