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niece
[nees]
noun
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
a daughter of a person's spouse's brother or sister.
niece
/ Ծː /
noun
a daughter of one's sister or brother
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of niece1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of niece1
Example Sentences
Then he swipes through his phone, showing pictures of his niece and nephew, including some that were taken just moments before they boarded the flight.
In 2020, Harrison adopted her niece and nephew when her stepdad, who was looking after the children at the time, died suddenly.
“I spent a lot of my life basically chasing jobs because I had a family to take care of,” recalled Ortiz, who adopted her seven nieces and nephews when she was in her early 20s.
An executive order closed a tariff loophole that benefited Chinese fast fashion online retailers, much to my niece’s dismay.
He is set to appear in BBC’s upcoming series “Gifted,” about Scottish teens who discover they have superpowers, and the Sky film “Grow,” about a grumpy pumpkin farmer and her orphaned niece.
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When To Use
The word niece is hard to spell because it can be hard to remember the order of the i and e. Sometimes people want to spell it neice, which is incorrect.How to spell niece: The easiest way to remember how to spell niece is with the classic mnemonic device: “I before E, except after C."
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