sib
adjective
related by blood; akin.
sib
American
[sib]
/ sɪb /
adjective
noun
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a kinsman; relative.
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one's kin or kindred.
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Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.
sib
1
British
/ sɪb /
noun
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a blood relative
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a brother or sister; sibling
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kinsmen collectively; kindred
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any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only
SIB
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of sib
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”; cf. gossip
Example Sentences
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Awful in Celadon: I would alert the sib that parameters have been received and noted, and they will be treated as suggestions, not marching orders, thanks in advance for understanding.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
Greg’s teen sib is a pill, too, especially next to his sage mom, antsy dad and supercute moppet kid-brother.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021
The organization’s annual inclusion of comedies, which haughty big sib Oscar rarely deigns to acknowledge, means the boozy party on Jan. 8 will count superheroes and teenage drama among more typical prestige fare.
From Time • Dec. 12, 2016
With community support my sib lives in an apartment, with visits from our family members who help with housework.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2015
"It is good to be sib to" kindly Scots! and I am having a very pleasant visit.
From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Eden, Horatia K. F.
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