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# boyfriend

«boyfriend» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy or man that someone is in a romantic relationship with** — 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 (a boyfriend, boyfriends)

### meaning for a pupil

A boyfriend is a boy or man that someone is in a romantic relationship with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life teenagers and adults talk about their boyfriend; in stories a character may «have a boyfriend». It is a personal, family-life word. Phrases: her boyfriend, his boyfriend, my boyfriend, ex-boyfriend.

### examples

- My sister's boyfriend came for Sunday lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#x1)
- Auntie Jo and her boyfriend went to Ireland on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#x2)
- Her boyfriend gave her flowers on her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#x3)
- He introduced his boyfriend to the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#x4)
- My cousin's ex-boyfriend still sends her birthday cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#x5)
- The film is about a girl who meets her boyfriend at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/#x6)

### note

Countable noun, written as one word. The female pair is «girlfriend». A boy who is just a friend is usually called «a friend», not «a boyfriend».

### In the corpora

- ["Partner" means a boyfriend, girlfriend or someone you live with without marrying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/9/)
- ["Friend" can politely mean a boyfriend or girlfriend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/10/)
- ["Gentleman friend" means an older woman's boyfriend (old-fashioned).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/15/)
- [Someone who is heartbroken is very sad because a boyfriend or girlfriend has ended things; being gentle and giving them space helps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/53-feelings-and-calming-down/23/)
- [In British slang, to «fancy» someone means to like them as a boyfriend or girlfriend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/98-friendship-being-left-out-and-bullying/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boyfriend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boyfriend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.