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stepdaughter

/ˈstepˌdɔtər/ /ˈstepˌdɑtər/

Meanings
noun
The daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself.

Examples :

"My husband's stepdaughter attends the same school as my son. "
family

Related Words

Illustration not

not noun

/nɒt/ /nɑt/

A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

"The not of the student's attendance record meant they were absent. "

Illustration school

school noun

/skuːl/

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

"The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."

Illustration spouse

spouse noun

/spaʊs/

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

"People should treat their spouses with respect."

Illustration and

and noun

/ænd/ /ənd/ /ən/

In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.

"The drummer emphasized the ands in the song, making the rhythm very clear. "

Illustration husband

husband noun

/ˈhʌz.bənd/

The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

"My husband is the primary breadwinner for our family. "

Illustration one

one noun

/wan/ /wɒn/ /wʌn/

The digit or figure 1.

"My son's math test had only one correct answer for the last problem. "

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daughter noun

/ˈdɑ.tɚ/ /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/ /ˈdɔ.tɚ/

One’s female offspring.

"I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration oneself

oneself pronoun

/wʌnˈsɛlf/

A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.

"Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous."

Illustration son

son noun

/sɒn/

One's male offspring.

"My son is in the third grade at school. "

Illustration same

same adjective

/seɪm/

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

"Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?"

Illustration attends

attends verb

/əˈtɛndz/

To set on fire; kindle.

"Considering the unusual definition of "attends" as "to set on fire; kindle," here's a sentence that fits: The arsonist attends the dry brush, hoping to start a large forest fire. "