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# son

«son» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy or man 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 (son, sons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A son is a boy or man who is someone's child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#m1)

2) «Son» is also a friendly word an older man may use to a boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a person in age problems; the father's age compared to the son's; in families: a son and a daughter are brother and sister; in stories: a king's son is a prince; phrases: «only son», «eldest son», «father and son»

### examples

- The father is 3 times as old as his son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x1)
- The son is 8 years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x2)
- In 5 years the son will be 13. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x3)
- A man has 2 sons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x4)
- The farmer's son helped feed the cows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x5)
- Mrs Lee has one son and two daughters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x6)
- The king left the castle to his eldest son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x7)
- Father and son went fishing together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x8)
- "Approach, my son," he said kindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/son/#x9)

### note

In age problems both ages grow by the same years. Trap: «3 times as old» is not the same in later years. Homophone: son (a child) and sun (the star) sound the same. Plural: sons.

### In the corpora

- [«Proper job, son!» — West Country for «well done».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/438-funny-pranks/2/)
- [«Champion, son» (in the North of England «champion» means excellent).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/22/)
- [Mr Doyle, his owner, leans out: «Don't feed him, son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you/3/)
- [Sam's dad says, «Not every dog's going to be your mate, son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/9/)
- [No fight, son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/464-growing-apart/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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