sib
Americanadjective
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.
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
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”; 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
But he comes of blood that was sib to ours.
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
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