noun · neutral
cousin
/ˈkʌzən/CUZ·in
Band 4-5speaking
a child of your aunt or uncle
Examples
“My cousin and I used to study together at my grandparents' house.”
“I met several cousins at the family reunion.”
“She is a distant cousin from my mother's side of the family.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although he's technically my cousin, we've been like siblings since childhood because we grew up together.”
Collocations
- first cousin
- distant cousin
- cousin once removed
Word family
cousins noun (pl)
Common mistakes
my cousin brother→my cousin
I have many cousines.→I have many cousins.
Say it for a higher band
5relative→6family member→7+cousin
Synonyms
relative
Easily confused
sibling
“I visited my sibling last weekend and we talked for hours.”
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