sisters
sisters is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, sisters is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofsisters
- A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
Synonyms: sis
Example: "My sister is always driving me crazy."
- A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
Example: "Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent."
- Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
- A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
Synonyms: "charge nurse"
- Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
Example: "Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister."
- (sometimes capitalized) A black woman.
- A form of address to a woman.
Example: "What’s up, sister?"
- A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
Example: "Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke."
- An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
Synonyms: affiliate, affiliated
Example: "sister city"
- A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
- (usually attributively) Something in the same class.
Example: "sister facility"
- To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
Example: "I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists."
- To be sister to; to resemble closely.
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