What does GRANDPARENT mean?

Definitions for GRANDPARENT
ˈgrænˌpɛər ənt, -ˌpær-, ˈgrænd-grand·par·ent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grandparentnoun

    a parent of your father or mother

Wiktionary

  1. grandparentnoun

    the parent of someone's parent

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  1. grandparent

    A grandparent is the parent of a person's father or mother, typically characterized by being one generation above in a family tree. They often play important roles in family dynamics, such as child care and cultural transmission.

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  1. Grandparent

    Grandparents are the parents of a person's own parent, whether that be a father or a mother. Every sexually-reproducing creature who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, etc. Rarely, such as in the case of sibling or half-sibling incest, these numbers are lower. In the history of modern humanity, around 30,000 years ago, the number of modern humans who lived to be grandparents began to skyrocket. It is not known for certain what spurred this increase in longevity. But it is believed that a key consequence of three generations being alive together was the facilitation of the passing along of information that prior to that point would have been lost; an example of this important information might have been where to find water in times of drought. In cases where parents are unwilling or unable to provide adequate care for their children, grandparents often take on the role of primary caregivers. Even when this is not the case, and particularly in traditional cultures, grandparents often have a direct and clear role in relation to the raising, care and nurture of children.

Editors Contribution

  1. grandparent

    A parent of a father or mother.

    Our children love their grandparents very much.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GRANDPARENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GRANDPARENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Adam Pertman:

    The best practice is to keep the kid as close to home as possible, in the middle of a war like this, you can't know whether one of the parents is alive -- whether there's a grandparent, an aunt, a cousin. You do a due diligence search for the people who already know the child.

  2. Suzanne Dodd:

    I describe Voyager as a grandparent of the missions that have flown since.

  3. Soriya Cohen:

    I can't even imagine such a desecration. Imagine if that was your spouse, your parent or your grandparent and to make money, they built on top of it, i'm asking people to respect that and respect the families and the people who have already suffered so much and not to add to our pain.

  4. Cassandra Szoeke:

    We wanted to be able to guide people on a common, in fact the most popular informal childcare option prevalent in our community, the aspects of social engagement hypothesized to be responsible for the benefits on cognition( positive mood, mental stimulation, increased activity) were highly relevant to activity as a grandparent.

  5. Antony Blinken:

    Casualties are often reduced to numbers. But behind every number is a human being -- a daughter, a son, a father, a mother, a grandparent, a best friend. And as the Talmud teaches, to lose a life is to lose the while world, whether that life is Palestinian or Israeli.

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