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It's my name on the ballot, and it's me running this race. I'm the one doing this. Not my father and not my grandfather and not my great-uncle and not President Kennedy.
Joseph P. Kennedy III

Meaning of "great-uncle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREAT-UNCLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREAT-UNCLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Great-Uncle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREAT-UNCLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Uncle

Uncle is a family relationship or kinship, between a person and his or her parent's brother or parent's brother-in-law. A biological uncle is a second degree relative and shares 25% genetic overlap. A great-uncle is the brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent. Look up great-uncle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A woman with an equivalent relationship is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece. In some cultures and families, children may refer to the cousins of their parents as "aunt" or "uncle". It is also a title of respect for elders. See fictive kinship. Also in some cultures, like Slavic or Persian cultures, no single inclusive term describing both a person's kinship to their parental male sibling or parental male in-law exists. Instead there are specific terms describing a person's kinship to their mother's brother or a person's kinship to their father's brother. An analogous differentiation exists in modern Persian using separate terms to describe a person's kinship to their mother's female sibling, and a person's kinship to their father's female sibling.

Definition of great-uncle in the English dictionary

The definition of great-uncle in the dictionary is an uncle of one's father or mother; brother of one's grandfather or grandmother.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREAT-UNCLE

great-aunt
great-grandchild
great-grandchildren
great-granddaughter
great-grandfather
great-grandmother
great-grandparent
great-grandson
great-great-grandfather
great-great-grandson
great-hearted
great-heartedness
great-nephew
great-niece
greatcoat
greatcoated
greaten
Greater
Greater Antilles
greater celandine

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREAT-UNCLE

agony uncle
Bob´s your uncle
carbuncle
caruncle
Dutch uncle
furuncle
granduncle
homuncle
nuncle
peduncle
siphuncle
uncle
vibratiuncle

Synonyms and antonyms of great-uncle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «great-uncle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREAT-UNCLE

Find out the translation of great-uncle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of great-uncle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «great-uncle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

叔公
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tío abuelo
570 millions of speakers

English

great-uncle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महान चाचा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عظيم عمه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двоюродный дед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tio-avô
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহান-চাচা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grand-oncle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pakcik yang hebat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großonkel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大叔父
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

종조부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget-paman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyệt vời, chú
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய மாமா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चांगले काका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyükamca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prozio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pra- wujek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двоюрідний дід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unchiului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλη - θείος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot-oom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

farfars farbror
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

onkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of great-uncle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT-UNCLE»

The term «great-uncle» is regularly used and occupies the 74.947 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT-UNCLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about great-uncle

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2 QUOTES WITH «GREAT-UNCLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word great-uncle.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
It's my name on the ballot, and it's me running this race. I'm the one doing this. Not my father and not my grandfather and not my great-uncle and not President Kennedy.
2
Louis Sachar
'The Cardturner,' while it has bridge in it, you certainly don't need to know how to play bridge to read it. It's basically a book about relationships - between Alton and his great-uncle, and Alton and his friends, and how it changes his life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT-UNCLE»

Discover the use of great-uncle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to great-uncle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Great-Uncle Dracula
Emily Normal finds it hard enough adjusting to a new town, Transylvania, U.S.A., populated by vampires, witches, and the like, without the bullying of a third-grade classmate.
Jayne Harvey, 1992
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Ultra-violet Catastrophe!: The Unexpected Walk with ...
Sally's walk with Great-Uncle Magnus brings pleasure to both, but horrifies fastidious Aunt Anne.
Margaret Mahy, 1975
3
The Hanukkah of Great-Uncle Otto
Joshua and his great-uncle Otto discover a new meaning in the celebration of Hanukkah when they try to build a menorah like a special one Otto lost during the Holocaust.
Myron Levoy, 1984
4
A Child's Influence: Or Kathleen and Her Great Uncle (1872)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Lisa Lockyer, 2010
5
Great Uncle Hoot-Toot
That's Geoff, I'm sure," said Elsa; "I always know his ring.
Molesworth, 2013
6
Great Uncle Felix
"Uncle Felix has come for a surprise visit! Arki loves hearing his wild stories from around the world. What happens when Great Uncle Felix is left in charge?"--Back cover.
Lisa Thompson, 2010
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A Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle
"First published by Profile Books, London, 2010"--Title page verso.
Raja Shehadeh, 2011
8
Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family
Great uncle (father's side). Great uncle. u u Grandfather's bro. b Father's uncle. Great uncle. (i if My great uncle. My uncle-grandfather. Uncle-grandfather. Great uncle. Great paternal uncle. Great uncle. My cold grandfather. My great nnole.
Lewis Henry Morgan, 1870
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The Civil Law Including the Twelve Tables, the Institutes of ...
daughter; the father, the grandfather, the great-grandmother, the brother of the grandfather, who is the paternal great-uncle, his daughter, his grandson by his daughter, and also his granddaughter. Under the same rule, there are as many, ...
10
Butch Cassidy, My Uncle: A Family Portrait
Betenson offers up new information about this infamous outlaw's life and death.
William James Betenson, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT-UNCLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term great-uncle is used in the context of the following news items.
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A family kept one of the oldest baseball cards for 155 years. Now it's …
Her great-great-uncle, Archibald McMahon, played outfield for the Brooklyn Atlantics, and is one of the players featured on the card's team ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
2
A 'Purrfect' Ending for a Stray Stowaway
Her great-uncle worked at the chocolate plant years ago, and Blunt's boyfriend worked ther,e too. “We were kind of connected to the plant. «wnep.com, Jul 15»
3
History of Palestine World War II veteran uncovered
... up a conversation with the cemetery tour guide who was almost immediately able to pull up information on Tucker's long lost great-uncle. «Palestine Herald Press, Jul 15»
4
Pioneer Playhouse celebrates Kentucky history, culture in 'Grounded'
In 1915, Henson's great-grandmother, Hattie, shot and killed Correll's great-uncle, Robert Crouch, after an argument about a barking dog, ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
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Ghosts of Walnut Street Bridge
When I was a boy, my great-uncle Willie Nash recalled when, as a teenager some fifty years before, he had personally witnessed the lynching ... «First Things, Jul 15»
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The stones may be gone, but Old Cemetery group remembers
But I'm also thinking of great-uncle Gaylan Thomas Moore, who at 16 “d.s.p.” in 1881 — “died sine prole,” or without issue. I believe it was to ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
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Names released of 3 men found dead at Mercer County home
The sheriff identified the other men as Hicks' brother, 52-year-old Joseph Dean Hicks of Bluewell, and the brothers' great-uncle, 57-year-old ... «Charleston Gazette, Jul 15»
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Best holiday reads 2015
It is about partition's greatest chronicler, who just happens to be her great-uncle, Saadat Hasan Manto. The madness he witnessed at partition ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Three men found dead in Mercer County home
Two of the men were brothers, Sommers said, while the third was an uncle or great-uncle to both. At least one of the men lived in the house ... «Charleston Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Pre-Civil War baseball team card going on the auction block
Florence Sasso, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, knew little about the card that shows her great-great-uncle Archibald McMahon, ... «WTOP, Jun 15»

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