SISTER


Meaning of SISTER in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , elder , older

▪ baby , kid ( informal ), little , younger

▪ twin

▪ full (= sharing both parents)

▪ adopted , adoptive

▪ beloved , darling , dear

▪ annoying , bratty ( informal , esp. AmE )

my bratty little ~

▪ dead , deceased , late

▪ long-lost

a refugee who traced his long-lost ~

▪ unmarried

▪ sorority ( AmE )

Carolyn's sorority ~s at Indiana University

PHRASES

▪ brothers and ~s , brothers or ~s

Brothers and ~s do not always get on.

I have no brothers or ~s.

▪ like ~s

The two girls are so close, they're like ~s.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .