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Meaning of 'family'
Meaning of 'family' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Family 
[ v. t.]
- The collective body of persons who live in one house,
and under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders. [ v. t.]- The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
- Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
- Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
- Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
- A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
- A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
Meaning of 'family' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. family [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a social unit living together
- a social unit living together
Example in sentence:
- he moved his family to Virginia;
- I waited until the whole house was asleep;
- It was a good Christian household;
- the family refused to accept his will;
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
Meaning (2):
- primary social group; parents and children
- primary social group; parents and children
Example in sentence:
- he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
Meaning (3):
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a person having kinship with another or others
Example in sentence:
- he's family;
- he's kin
Meaning (4):
- people descended from a common ancestor
- people descended from a common ancestor
Example in sentence:
- his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Meaning (5):
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
Example in sentence:
- sharks belong to the fish family
Meaning (6):
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
Example in sentence:
- the church welcomed new members into its fellowship;
- the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family
Meaning (7):
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Example in sentence:
- there are two classes of detergents
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