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# grandad

«grandad» in Mova's school dictionary: **a friendly word for your grandfather, your mum's or dad's…** — 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 grandad, grandads; Grandad as a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Grandad is a friendly word for your grandfather, your mum's or dad's father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#m1)

2) Grandad can be used as a name when talking to him: «Hi, Grandad!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday family life and stories, grandad visits, tells stories, or looks after children. In family trees in school, a grandad is two generations above you; most people have two grandads. Other words: grandpa, granddad, grandfather, gramps, pop. Phrases: my grandad, Grandad and Nan, at Grandad's.

### examples

- My grandad takes me fishing on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x1)
- Hi, Grandad! Can we play cards? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x2)
- Grandad told us stories about when he was a boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x3)
- We're having lunch at Grandad's house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x4)
- I have two grandads and two grandmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x5)
- Grandad grows tomatoes in his garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x6)
- My grandad is my dad's dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x7)
- She made a birthday card for her grandad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grandad/#x8)

### note

Spelled grandad (common in the UK, Ireland, Australia) or granddad (more common in the USA). Capital letter when used as a name (Grandad), small letter after «my». «Grandpa» is more common in the USA.

### In the corpora

- [Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/3/)
- [Afterwards everyone goes to the pub, and some people even laugh while telling stories about Grandad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/3/)
- [Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/4/)
- [yéye («YEH?-yeh») is grandad on dad's side; children also call any old man yéye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/9/)
- [A sentence can be very short: Grandad in Edinburgh asks, «Aye, ken that's a sentence?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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