grandparent
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- /ˈɡrænˌpɛr.ənt/
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- Growing up, I used to summer at my grandparents' place on a lake like this.
- parents and grandparents
- grandparents and grandchildren
- uncles and grandparents
And she gave me to my grandparents, really to raise me.
- And she gave me to my grandparents, really to raise me.
- I can say that I had grandparents that did care about us.
- Yeah, but I live with my grandparents, my father's parents.
- Maybe I lost my job for it, but my grandparents, they stood.
- My maternal grandparents I don't know very much about.
- Could be your parents, could be grandparents, uncle, some something, right?
- Sorry your grandparents didn't like Elvis either.
- So it's how the grandparents know the know the grandchild.
- That would be family, parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins.
- So, you know, my grandparents were Italian and Irish.
- OK, my grandparents, some of them were Syrian Jews.
- You got to start treating your grandparents well.
- This is after, after your grandparents were killed in by the Nazis.
- We used to go to our grandparents for a skill.
- So OK, next let's cover this grandparents slash child scenario.
- You come out publicly to say my grandparents were born black.
- The exciting thing, though, is that our grandparents didn't have this thing.
Examples
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So I went to live with my grandparents in Jordan Downs.
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Every summer, I visit my grandparents and enjoy spending time in their garden.
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And she gave me to my grandparents, really to raise me.
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I can say that I had grandparents that did care about us.
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Did I go to my grandparents after school?
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My grandparents made wine in the South of France.
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So they sent me here to live with my grandparents for a while.
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My grandparents just moved there.
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I was raised with my grandparents.
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Yeah, but I live with my grandparents, my father's parents.
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Etymology
Grandparent is made from grand ('large' or 'great') and parent ('mother or father'), so a grandparent is literally the 'parent of your parent', one generation above your parents.