sib

[ sib ]

adjective

1. related by blood; akin.

noun

1. a kinsman; relative.
2. one's kin or kindred.
3. Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.

sib

¹

/ sɪb /

noun

1. a blood relative
2. a brother or sister; sibling
3. kinsmen collectively; kindred
4. any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only

SIB

²

abbreviation for

1. (the former) Securities and Investments Board

Word History and Origins

Origin of sib¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (originally an adjective); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) “relatives,” Old Frisian sib (adjective), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adjective), German Sippe “kin”; gossip

Word History and Origins

Origin of sib¹

Old English sibb; related to Old Norse sifjar relatives, Old High German sippa kinship, Latin suus one's own; see gossip

Example Sentences

Sidney Hall Davage, granddaughter of the enslaved nursemaid Sib Hall, appears in the oldest of the photographs as a formidable matriarch; her high-achieving grandchildren, also pictured in the collection, included Baltimore’s first Black city councilman, Harry Sythe Cummings, and its first Black kindergarten teacher, Ida R. Cummings.

From New York Times

Forty percent of people who were food insecure this year did not get aid and those who did received less than 50% of the full rations, said Ollo Sib from the World Food Program.

From Seattle Times

A research team at the University of Basel and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics uncovered a treasure trove of uncharacterised proteins.

From Science Daily

The work was supported by a 'kickstarter' grant from SIB to encourage the adoption of AI in life science resources.

From Science Daily

"If a SIB gets into distress or fails, this can cause considerable turmoil in the financial system and significant economic damage," the government said.

From Reuters

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