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# brother

«brother» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/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/school/B/brother/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a person in the story; ages, shares and comparisons; phrases «big brother», «little brother», «older brother», «brothers and sisters» (siblings), «brotherhood»

### examples

- Her brother is 3 years older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x1)
- She gave 4 candies to her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x2)
- Tom has 2 brothers and 1 sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x3)
- Her brother has twice as many cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x4)
- My little brother is learning to walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x5)
- Do you have any brothers or sisters? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x6)
- My big brother walks me to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x7)
- The two brothers built a tree house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x8)
- My half-brother lives with his dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x9)
- The brothers shared the cake equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x10)
- "Where are your brothers?" asked he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brother/#x11)

### 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/school/B/brother/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.