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Meanings of uncle in English
Parent's brother or parent's brother-in-law.
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Usage of uncle in English
1
Ted looked in at the library door; his uncle was not there.
2
She got us to trust in the law and in her uncle.
3
Remonstrances were in vain; to the wrath of his uncle, he departed.
4
His uncle was engaged in the unaware execution of some fixed idea.
5
Your uncle is in a hurry for some things in the office.
6
I've met him a few times at my aunt and uncle's house.
7
I lost two cousins in South Africa, an uncle in the hunting-field.
8
I can see my uncle puttering in the gardens at the château.
9
She'd ask him if he'd had a talk with his uncle yet.
10
She'd called Bryan's uncle twenty minutes ago, not long after last bell.
11
My uncle smiled imperceptibly; and, without answering in a direct manner, said:
12
My uncle says the London School of Economics is a good place.
13
Having secured the prize, I followed in the wake of my uncle.
14
It shall be the visit to our uncle and cousins in Indiana.
15
I see uncle; he is one of the dark ones like ourselves.
16
My uncle was in the study, and Martha somewhere about the house.
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Uncle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Common
Australia
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