noun · neutral
daughter
UK/ˈdɔːtə/US/ˈdɔːtər/DAU·ghter
Band 4-5speakingtask2
A female child in relation to her parents.
Examples
“Their daughter studies medicine at college.”
“As a daughter, she often helped her mother at home.”
“They celebrated their daughter's graduation.”
Band 8 sentence
“Their daughter is the first in the family to graduate from university, which made everyone very proud.”
Collocations
- only daughter
- eldest daughter
Word family
daughter noundaughter-in-law noun
Common mistakes
My daughter are ten years old.→My daughter is ten years old.
She is my daughter and I love her mother.→She is my daughter and I love her mother.
Say it for a higher band
5girl→6kid→7+daughter
Synonyms
girl
Easily confused
girl
“The girl across the street is in my class.”
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