A child of someone's child.
Used in a Sentence
grandchildren
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grandchildren.
Editorial note
Playing with grandchildren has a purpose other than simply pleasure, the pleasure is a nice side effect.
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Quick take
A child of someone's child.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of grandchildren gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for grandchildren.
noun
A child of someone's child.
Example sentences
Playing with grandchildren has a purpose other than simply pleasure, the pleasure is a nice side effect.
Which leaves us with grandchildren (aged ~105), great grandchildren (aged ~75), great-great-grandchildren (aged ~45), great-great-great-grandchildren (aged ~15) once the copyright expires, if it is never extended.
They found that grandchildren of people who starved at the age of 9 had significantly better life outcomes.
You can write easily understandable code that is so good that even your grandchildren will be using it.
So don't punish the individuals but punish their grandchildren because they share 1/4 of thier grandparents DNA.
Having a boy becomes an evolutionary gamble: a daughter will surely bring grandchildren but a son may die childless.
Hmm, It's not uncommon today for grandchildren to be in there 30's when a grandparent dies.
With 30 years between generations, if any of the Los Frikis had families, their grandchildren would be born around now.
The same way our assumptions today won't make too much sense for our grandchildren.
If you live to see your grandchildren, which isn't exactly uncommon, they'll still have your copyright inheritance long after their parents have died.
Get grandma a ticket to visit her grandchildren for her birthday or something.
Your grandchildren’s children and beyond haven’t done anything to deserve the society that we are poised to leave them.
Quote examples
How unfortunate for the czar who signed that death warrant to have his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren fall into the hands of the brother of the "nobody" he had had executed.
Instead of the abstract advice "By the way, if your grandchildren are even in a middle of a famine, they should remember to eat all the food they can find." You give a concrete actionable threat "Eat the last nugget, but now!" and wish it get passed down until it's useful.
Proper noun examples
A good introduction to all this is in Hansen's book Storms of My Grandchildren.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use grandchildren in a sentence?
Playing with grandchildren has a purpose other than simply pleasure, the pleasure is a nice side effect.
What does grandchildren mean?
A child of someone's child.
What part of speech is grandchildren?
grandchildren is commonly used as noun.