Definition of great-grandparent in US English:
great-grandparent
nounɡreɪtˈɡræn(d)ˌpɛrəntɡrātˈɡran(d)ˌperənt
The mother or father of one's grandparent.
Example sentencesExamples
- The grave is where my grandparents and great-grandparents are buried.
- This is the sort of experience our grandparents and great-grandparents took for granted.
- In today's mobile societies, most of us no longer live in the locality where our grandparents and great-grandparents lived.
- On the drive home I realized that I not only know her mother, I knew her grandparents, and her great-grandparents.
- He said: ‘These are our grandparents and great-grandparents at work.’