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# stepsister

«stepsister» in Mova's school dictionary: **the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a stepsister, stepsisters)

### meaning for a pupil

A girl or woman who is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the daughter of your own mother or father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

It is a family word: when a parent marries or partners someone new who already has a daughter, she becomes your stepsister. In fairy tales such as «Cinderella», the stepsisters are often unkind, but real stepsisters can be good friends. Phrases: «my stepsister», «younger stepsister».

### examples

- My stepsister is the same age as me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x1)
- Cinderella's stepsisters made her do all the work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x2)
- I get on really well with my stepsister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x3)
- When Dad married Sarah, her daughter Lucy became my stepsister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x4)
- My stepsister lives with us every other week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x5)
- We have two stepsisters and one brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x6)
- My stepsisters have sent me to you for a light." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/#x7)

### note

One word. A stepsister shares no parent with you; a «half-sister» shares one parent. Fairy tales show «wicked stepsisters», but that is a story pattern, not the truth about real families.

### In the corpora

- [A stepbrother or stepsister shares no parent with you; they are the child of your parent's partner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/36/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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