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# gran

«gran» in Mova's school dictionary: **a friendly, informal word for grandmother** — 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 (gran, grans)

### meaning for a pupil

Gran is a friendly, informal word for grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday family life children call their grandmother Gran, Granny, Grandma or Nan; in stories gran tells tales, bakes and looks after the children. Phrases: my gran, Gran's house, Gran and Grandad, visit Gran.

### examples

- We are going to Gran's house for the weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#x1)
- My gran makes the best scones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#x2)
- Gran, can you read me a story? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#x3)
- My gran is my mum's mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#x4)
- Gran and Grandad live by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#x5)
- I phoned Gran on her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gran/#x6)

### note

Informal. Mostly British, Irish, Scottish, Australian and New Zealand English; American children more often say Grandma. Used as a name it takes a capital: «Hello, Gran». Your gran is your mother's or father's mother.

### In the corpora

- [In Cork, twenty-three people squeeze into Gran's house for Christmas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/3/)
- [Volunteering means working without pay to help a good cause, like Gran's shift at the charity shop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/18/)
- [Vivid example: in Melbourne, cousin Jess moves into her first rented flat with a bag of old plates from Gran.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/3/)
- [When Gran was away, Ruby forgot to water her plants and then didn't bother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/12/)
- [Gran was sad, and Ruby felt it all week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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