sibling
noun
sib·ling
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Definition of sibling
2
: one of two or more things related by a common tie or characteristic
the sedan's smaller sibling
Examples of sibling in a Sentence
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That’s included lots of cute photos of Saint and North both cuddling Psalm, and a gallery that showed how the two siblings sometimes fight over who gets to hold their baby brother. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, "Kim Kardashian West Calls 3-Month-Old Son Psalm ‘the Sweetest Baby Ever’ and Shares Cuddly Photo," 26 Aug. 2019 Goldstein mentions the one thing that the siblings wanted going into the album for themselves, as well. — Courtney E. Smith, refinery29.com, "The Woman Behind The Jonas Brothers & Ariana Grande Shares Their Secrets To Topping The Charts," 24 Aug. 2019 The Boylan siblings both attended boarding school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, but rarely interacted there. — David Armstrong, ProPublica, "In Men, It’s Parkinson’s. In Women, It’s Hysteria.," 23 Aug. 2019 Until now there’s been little news regarding what other projects, if any, the siblings had on their schedule. — Aja Romano, Vox, "The Matrix 4 is happening. Keanu Reeves, Carrie Ann Moss, and Lana Wachowski will all return.," 20 Aug. 2019 But the siblings, who also have a younger sister, Lindsay, have always been close. — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, "Special team: 49ers kicker Robbie Gould and his brother, Chris, sharing the NFL experience," 17 Aug. 2019 The oldest Kardashian/Jenner sibling shared a picture of herself confidently rocking a black one-piece swimsuit on the official Instagram account of Poosh, her lifestyle brand. — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, "Kourtney Kardashian applauded for not editing out her stretch marks in a swimsuit picture," 14 Aug. 2019 After years of being overlooked in terms of taking over -- because of her gender -- daughter Siobhan (Sarah Snook), may turn out to be the Roy sibling who inherits the keys to the kingdom. — oregonlive.com, "‘Succession’ and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’: How to make unlikable characters into great TV (and how not to)," 13 Aug. 2019 The siblings can use their cloaking ability to sneak past foes. — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, "Review: ‘Wolfenstein Youngblood’ a sisterhood of traveling Nazi killers," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sibling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for sibling
sibling
noun
English Language Learners Definition of sibling
formal
: a brother or sister
See the full definition for sibling in the English Language Learners Dictionary
sibling
noun
sib·ling
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Kids Definition of sibling
: a brother or sister
an older sibling
sibling
noun
sib·ling
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Medical Definition of sibling
: sib
also
: one of two or more individuals having one common parent
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