Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

    I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.

    aufdoppeln, verstärken

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Examples

3780 sentences

  1. What grade is your sister in?

    В якому класі твоя сестра? — deniko

    ruВ каком классе твоя сестра? — Hellerick

    deIn welcher Klasse ist deine Schwester? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. That pretty girl is my sister.

    Ця гарна дівчина — моя сестра. — deniko

    deDas schöne Mädchen ist meine Schwester. — Wolf

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  3. How many sisters do you have?

    Скільки у вас сестер? — deniko

    ruСколько у тебя сестёр? — Wezzel

    deWie viele Schwestern hast du? — al_ex_an_der

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  4. I'd like to see your sister.

    Я хотів би побачити твою сестру. — deniko

    ruЯ бы хотел увидеть твою сестру. — Selena777

    deIch würde gerne deine Schwester sehen. — Esperantostern

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  5. What's your older sister doing now?

    Що зараз робить ваша сестра? — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruЧто сейчас делает твоя старшая сестра? — Selena777

    deWas macht deine ältere Schwester gerade? — Zaghawa

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Translations

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By meaning 1
strengthen by fastening a second beam alongside:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English suster, from Old English sweostor, from Proto-West Germanic

Inherited from Middle English suster, from Old English sweostor, from Proto-West Germanic *swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

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Forms

sisters, sistering, sistered, sistered
Base formsister · to sister
3rd person singularsisters
Present participlesistering
Past simplesistered
Past participlesistered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysister
he, she, itsisters

Past simpleLesson

all personssistered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sistered
he, she, ithas sistered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sister

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • younger younger sister
  • older older sister
  • younger sister
  • brothers and sisters
  • my sister is
  • older sister
  • have a sister
  • is my sister
  • brothers or sisters
  • of my sisters
  • as her sister
  • sister's name

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sirloinsitA1sitarsitcom

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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