adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
grandfather
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But suppose the paternal grandfather were dead when the eldest grandson was born?
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She has worked particularly hard on her relationship with her paternal grandfather .
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His paternal grandfather farmed Craigie Mains, Symington and had a considerable reputation as a breeder of Ayrshire cattle.
grandmother
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The infant girl was immediately named Margarett Williams Sargent for her paternal grandmother , who was eighty-three and ailing.
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The boy's father and paternal grandmother applied, interalia, for an order for the boy to reside with the grandmother.
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C.'s paternal grandmother applied for residence and contact.
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In 1989 T. moved to live with her paternal grandmother and a year later she went to live with her boyfriend.
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The boy's paternal grandmother had unsuccessfully applied for a residence order.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Although he had no children of his own, he took a kind of paternal interest in Katie's progress at school.
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Professor Johnson was always there for paternal advice.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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C.'s paternal grandmother applied for residence and contact.
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Innocent asserted his paternal protection of Frederick and the position of Sicily as a fief of the papacy.
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It is completely different from the combination of maternal and paternal chromosomes in natural mating mechanisms.
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The infant girl was immediately named Margarett Williams Sargent for her paternal grandmother, who was eighty-three and ailing.
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We grew up locked in permanent contention with one another over a meager and fickle supply of paternal affection.