aunt
US /ænt/
Definition
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
My aunt is visiting us next week from another city.
Collocations
- Easy visit my auntto visit my aunt, meaning to go to see a place, as for entertainment
- Medium dinner at aunt's housedescribing dinner at aunt's house (the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday)
- Hard paternal aunt inheritance disputedescribing paternal aunt inheritance dispute (belonging to or inherited from one's father)
- Very Hard agony aunt column in publicationsdescribing agony aunt column in publications (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.