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Family
ˈfam(ɪ)li
Family definitions
noun
families
family
- a group of one or two parents and their child or children living together as a unit
"the family lived in a large house with a lot of land"
household ménage- a group of people related by blood or marriage
"friends and family can provide support"
- the children of a person or couple being discussed
"she has the sole responsibility for a large family"
- a local organizational unit of the Mafia or other large criminal group
- all the descendants of a common ancestor
"the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years"
ancestry parentage birth pedigree genealogy background family tree descent lineage line line of descent bloodline blood extraction derivation race strain stock breed- a group of peoples from a common stock
- a group of related things
"all manuscripts that share this reading constitute a family"
- a principal taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below order, usually ending in -idae (in zoology) or -aceae (in botany)
"the cabbage family"
- all the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group
"the Austronesian language family"
- a group of curves or surfaces obtained by varying the value of a constant in the equation generating them
adjective
family
- designed to be suitable for children as well as adults
"a family newspaper"