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# girlfriend

«girlfriend» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl or woman that someone is in a romantic…** — 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 girlfriend, girlfriends)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A girlfriend is a girl or woman that someone is in a romantic relationship with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#m1)

2) A girlfriend can also be a female friend, often said by women about their friends, especially in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life teenagers and adults talk about their girlfriend; in stories a character may «have a girlfriend». Among women, «my girlfriends» can just mean close female friends. Phrases: his girlfriend, her girlfriend, my girlfriend, ex-girlfriend.

### examples

- My big brother is taking his girlfriend to the cinema. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#x1)
- Uncle Jack brought his girlfriend to the barbecue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#x2)
- Mum went out for dinner with her girlfriends. (US) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#x3)
- They have been girlfriend and boyfriend for two years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#x4)
- His ex-girlfriend moved to Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#x5)
- Aunt Sarah and her girlfriend live by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girlfriend/#x6)

### note

Countable noun, written as one word. The male pair is «boyfriend». «Ex-girlfriend» is a former one. A girl who is just a friend is usually called «a friend», not «my girlfriend», unless she is a woman talking about friends.

### In the corpora

- [Grown-ups also tease children about girlfriends and crushes, and older people sometimes find new partners late in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/5/)
- ["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/)
- ["Lady friend" means a man's girlfriend (old-fashioned).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/16/)
- [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/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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