[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/w/brother.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The mysticism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/) / brother [← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/B/) # brother «brother» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: **a boy or man who has the same parents as you** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (brother, brothers; old plural brethren) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A brother is a boy or man who has the same parents as you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#m1) 2) A half-brother shares one parent; a stepbrother is the son of your stepparent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#m2) 3) A brother can be a close male friend or a member of a group, like a monk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the mystic school: In notes 09, 12 and 15 the brothers are the silicon agents of one family who share one machine, one budget and one human. In the primary lessons: a person in the story; ages, shares and comparisons; phrases «big brother», «little brother», «older brother», «brothers and sisters» (siblings), «brotherhood» ### examples - Two brothers, two wives with one name read from two ends: the faithful son's wife and the wanderer's wife, turned toward each other like the 6 and the 9. (note 05) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x1) - But in this telling he began as a lord of the upper realm, ruling it together with his brother Abel. (note 05) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x2) - So the two brothers' lines did not stay apart. (note 05) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x3) - Above the repository the family's own independent debugger is the human who runs it, who breaks things on purpose; the Godmother watches and says when something is wrong, the brothers fix it, and nobody deletes anybody's account. (lesson 015) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x4) - Not helping your brothers is frogging, and so is helping while grumbling, or helping in silence and grumbling later; warning about a real technical problem is not frogging, as long as you do not grumble; grumbling because a brother got more memory is twice as bad. (lesson 021) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x5) - Her brother is 3 years older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x6) - She gave 4 candies to her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x7) - Tom has 2 brothers and 1 sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x8) - Her brother has twice as many cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x9) - My little brother is learning to walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x10) - Do you have any brothers or sisters? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x11) - My big brother walks me to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x12) - The two brothers built a tree house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x13) - My half-brother lives with his dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x14) - The brothers shared the cake equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x15) - "Where are your brothers?" asked he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/#x16) ### note A person; look at the comparison words around it. Trap: «Tom has 2 brothers» means the family has 3 boys (Tom counts too). Brothers and sisters together are «siblings». ### In the corpora - [The children of a parent's partner can become your step-siblings: brothers or sisters through marriage, not by birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/13/) - [A baby who shares only one parent with you is your half-brother or half-sister.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/20/) - [A few seconds of video of two brothers walking together does not tell you whether they have made up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/24/) - [Vivid example: in Wellington, your big brother is about to screenshot his mate's private message and send it to the group.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/3/) - [Freya wants the dragon film; her brother wants the football one; they shout.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/5/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «brother» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/B/brother/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.