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# sweetie

«sweetie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a loving name you call someone you like, such as a child…** — 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 sweetie, sweeties)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Sweetie is a loving name you call someone you like, such as a child or a partner: «Thank you, sweetie.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#m1)

2) (informal) A sweetie is a kind, lovely person: she's a real sweetie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#m2)

3) (UK, Scotland, child's word) A sweetie is a sweet, a piece of candy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday speech and stories, parents and grandparents call children «sweetie»; it shows warmth and love. In the UK, especially Scotland, children ask for «sweeties». Related: sweetheart, honey, love, darling.

### examples

- Come here, sweetie, and give me a hug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#x1)
- Night night, sweetie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#x2)
- Our new neighbour is a real sweetie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#x3)
- Can I have a sweetie, Gran? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#x4)
- The little girl shared her sweeties with her friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#x5)
- Thanks for helping, sweetie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetie/#x6)

### note

Informal and affectionate; it can sound rude or bossy if a stranger or an adult at work says it to someone. Plural: sweeties. In the US a «sweet» is usually called «candy».

### In the corpora

- [In Scots «pure sound» means really nice and a «nippy sweetie» is someone sharp-tongued.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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