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grandmother
[gran-muhth-er, grand-, gram-]
noun
the mother of one's father or mother.
a female ancestor.
grandmother
/ ˈɡrænd-, ˈɡrænˌmʌðə /
noun
the mother of one's father or mother
(often plural) a female ancestor
(often capital) a familiar term of address for an old woman
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grandmother1
Example Sentences
"My grandmother, who is in the late stages of cancer... cries at home every day."
The parcel held her wedding dress, which had also been worn by her mother, an heirloom sari from her grandmother and wedding photos, among other items.
But a decade later, Keaton directed “Heaven,” an entire documentary about the subject, in which she asked street preachers and Don King and her 94-year-old grandmother how they imagined the afterlife.
“My grandmother and grandfather did a lot in this community,” Faucett said as he shyly addressed the crowd from, “the bottom of my heart.”
Both of Wong’s grandmothers, who were born in the U.S., lost their citizenship when they married male Chinese nationals — the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which went into effect in 1882.
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When To Use
A grandmother is the mother of a person’s parent.When a mother’s child has their own children, that mother becomes a grandmother.Less commonly, grandmother can be used in a general way to refer to a female ancestor, as in This would not be possible without the contributions of those who came before us, our many grandmothers.Should grandmother be capitalized?Grandmother should be capitalized when it’s used as a proper name, as in Please tell Grandmother that I miss her. But grandmother does not need to be capitalized when it’s simply used as a way to refer to her, as in Please tell my grandmother that I miss her. Example: It doesn’t matter what you call your grandmother, as long as you call her.
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