aunt
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- noun
- /ænt/
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- My aunt always makes the best cookies during the holidays.
- uncles and aunts
- grandparents and aunts
- mothers and aunts
That's that's why my my aunt had to escape from China.
- That's that's why my my aunt had to escape from China.
- She's now staying with her aunt and won't talk to me.
- Well, maybe my aunt would still be with me.
- So yeah, she showed up and my aunt did and that was it.
- See, I would want to tell my aunt's spouse just to be honest.
- Funny story, actually, my aunt and my mother.
- Parents and grandparents, spouses and children, siblings, aunts, uncles, mentors and friends.
- Now you have a mother, you have aunts, I have daughters, sisters.
- Okay, so, and apparently it's the kids aunt and her friend.
Examples
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The teen's aunt filed a missing person's report two days ago.
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My aunt lived on a ranch.
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Funny story, actually, my aunt and my mother.
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Well, maybe my aunt would still be with me.
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My aunt would be crazy about you.
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Your aunt has a spare room.
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So they let me move in with Aunt Sandy and Uncle Danny.
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"I was getting so worried about y'all," the aunt said, smiling and walking over to us.
Fiction book (1990) -
Are we going to go see Aunt Nicole and baby Kai?
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She's now staying with her aunt and won't talk to me.
Synonyms
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A person who is in your family by blood or marriage
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A friendly way to talk about the sister of your parent or the wife of your uncle
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A woman who is the sister of one of your parents or who is married to your uncle
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A phrase people say to show talking about impossible what-ifs is pointless
Compounds
- Literature
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A woman who writes a newspaper or magazine column giving readers advice about personal problems
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aunt comes from the Latin word amita, which meant 'father's sister'. So, aunt today is the name for a parent's sister or the wife of an uncle, keeping that family meaning.