Meaning & use
young stepsister
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Meaning
nouncountable
A daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, who is young in age.
Grammar: Countable noun: you can say 'a young stepsister' or 'my young stepsister'.
Patterns
- a young stepsister
- my young stepsister
- their young stepsister
My young stepsister just started kindergarten this year.
He is very protective of his young stepsister.
She introduced me to her young stepsister at the family picnic.
Word forms
| plural | young stepsisters |
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Common combinations
- young stepsister
- My young stepsister loves to draw.
- little stepsister
- His little stepsister follows him everywhere.
- older stepsister
- My older stepsister is already in college.
Synonyms and how they differ
- stepsister
- Stepsister is the general term; adding 'young' specifies that she is a child or younger in age.
Word family
- stepbrother noun
- The son of your stepmother or stepfather.
- stepmother noun
- The woman your father marries, not your birth mother.
- stepfather noun
- The man your mother marries, not your birth father.
Commonly confused: young stepsister or half-sister?
young stepsister vs half-sister
A half-sister shares one biological parent with you; a stepsister is related only through a parent's remarriage and shares no biological parents.
Practice
Choose the correct phrase: 'My ______ is only six years old.'
Choose one answer.
'Young stepsister' describes a stepsister who is a young child. 'Younger stepsister' would compare her age to someone else's; 'youngest' is superlative; 'step sister' is not the standard spelling.
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