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# daughter

«daughter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl or woman who is someone's child** — 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 (daughter, daughters)

### meaning for a pupil

A daughter is a girl or woman who is someone's child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a person in age and sharing problems; in families: a daughter and a son are sister and brother; in stories: a king's daughter is a princess; phrases: «only daughter», «eldest daughter», «mother and daughter»

### examples

- The mother is 30 and her daughter is 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x1)
- He gives each daughter $5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x2)
- She has 3 daughters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x3)
- How old will the daughter be in 4 years? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x4)
- The baker's daughter helped in the shop on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x5)
- Mrs Brown and her daughter look very alike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x6)
- In the story, the king's youngest daughter was the bravest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x7)
- Mother and daughter went shopping together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x8)
- "Well, daughter! have you enjoyed yourself?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daughter/#x9)

### note

Ages grow by the same years for all. Each daughter marks equal shares (gives each of 3 daughters $5 → $15). Spelling trap: d-a-u-g-h-t-e-r (the «gh» is silent).

### In the corpora

- [An old Crab tells her daughter "never to lose your temper", and the daughter snaps "Hold your tongue, Ma!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/16/)
- [The gaoler's kind daughter, who loves animals, asks to look after him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/1/)
- [Mole's made-up story: «My daughter, she washes for Mr.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/21/)
- [Next day Chloe's mum came in to complain that her daughter's head had been sore for days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits/6/)
- [In Swansea, when Evie visits Dad, his partner's daughter Delphine has her own room and Evie sleeps on the sofa bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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