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gran
[gran]
gran
/ ɡæ /
noun
an informal word for grandmother
Word History and Origins
Origin of gran1
Example Sentences
When she was five, her gran took her to live in Stranraer in south-west Scotland, about two hours' drive from her home in Glasgow.
His gran, Betty Feeney, sparked the Glasgow actor's lifelong love of performance with her stories of seeing Frank Sinatra play in the city.
"I was expelled and taken away from all my friends, and it made me really sad – but my gran used to say, 'Keep on keeping on, Thom', and it stuck with me."
Hannah, who is just a year older than her late gran was when she died, is receiving her treatment through the NHS.
"My gran raised me until my teens, when I went back to my mum. She was clean for a while, but there was no structure or no boundaries."
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When To Use
Gran is an informal word for grandmother—t mother of a person’s parent.The word granny is used in the same way. A similar word for a grandfather is gramps.Gran should be capitalized when it’s used as a proper name, as in Please tell Gran that I miss her. But gran does not need to be capitalized when it’s simply used as a way to refer to her, as in Please tell my gran that I miss her. Example: It doesn’t matter what you call your gran, as long as you call her.
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