OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1801

grandfather

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abuelo
A male forefather.
Brethren: Here is the pipe which your grandfathers used to smoke with when they met together in councils of peace. And here is some of that good tobacco, prepared for our grandfath…
abuelo
The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
File C is the grandfather because it was used to create file B.
Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 1802

grandfather

/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
anteriorar • exceptuar • exentar vestigialmente • eximir por vestigio • exonerar • vestigiar
To retain discontinued laws or rules for (an object, individual or organization previously affected by them).
Had the original work been permitted, it would be grandfathered into any code changes each time they occurred, Arvada officials said. The latest came in 2006.
Old power plants are sometimes grandfathered from having to meet new clean air requirements.
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