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# uncle

«uncle» in Mova's school dictionary: **the brother of your mother or father** — 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 (uncle, uncles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An uncle is the brother of your mother or father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#m1)

2) An uncle is also the husband of your aunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#m2)

3) Some children call a close family friend «uncle». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a person in the story who gives or receives things; ages (uncle older than dad by some years). In everyday life: family trees, visiting aunts and uncles, uncles at family parties. Phrases: «my uncle», «Uncle Tom», «aunts and uncles», «great-uncle» (your grandparent's brother).

### examples

- Her uncle gave her 10 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x1)
- My uncle is 12 years older than my dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x2)
- She has 2 uncles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x3)
- Uncle Tom bought 5 books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x4)
- My uncle took us fishing at the weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x5)
- Your mum's brother is your uncle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x6)
- All my aunts and uncles came to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x7)
- My great-uncle is ninety years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncle/#x8)

### note

Countable: «an uncle» (vowel sound). Capital letter with a name: «Uncle Joe». His children are your cousins. Maths: a person; giving adds to the receiver and takes away from the giver. Trap: the age difference stays the same every year.

### In the corpora

- [Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/12/)
- [jiùjiu («JYO-jyo») is mum's brother, in many families a special, spoiling uncle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/10-grandparents-aunties-uncles/17/)
- [Noah's uncle showed him an old game with no shop at all, and they played it until dinner went cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/413-loot-boxes-and-the-surprise-trap/24/)
- [«Secret mission.» Then a mate checked the team list online: no uncle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/4/)
- [You don't need invented things, like a horse or a famous uncle, to be liked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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