sib
adjective
related by blood; akin.
sib
American
[sib]
/ sɪb /
adjective
noun
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a kinsman; relative.
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one's kin or kindred.
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Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.
sib
1
British
/ sɪb /
noun
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a blood relative
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a brother or sister; sibling
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kinsmen collectively; kindred
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any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only
SIB
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of sib
First recorded before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (originally an adjective); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) “relatives,” Old Frisian sib (adjective), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adjective), German Sippe “kin”; cf. gossip
Example Sentences
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Awful in Celadon: I would alert the sib that parameters have been received and noted, and they will be treated as suggestions, not marching orders, thanks in advance for understanding.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
Greg’s teen sib is a pill, too, especially next to his sage mom, antsy dad and supercute moppet kid-brother.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
With community support my sib lives in an apartment, with visits from our family members who help with housework.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2015
Working with that emotional clay, a big brother could easily shape his little sib into nearly anything he wanted.
From Time ● Jan. 8, 2015
To be "sib to siller," is to be related to rich persons.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
A research team at the University of Basel and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics uncovered a treasure trove of uncharacterised proteins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
"If a SIB gets into distress or fails, this can cause considerable turmoil in the financial system and significant economic damage," the government said.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
A source close to SIB says the institute decided to give up its attempts to get paid.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2023
The council had sent the SIB report to the Audit Office, along with minutes of a meeting of elected members, but did not make it clear that the report had never been shown to councillors.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2021
SIB: Arriani extended family, usually having 20-50 members.
From Concordance A Terran Empire concordance by Wilson, Ann
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