Family Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Family? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, Words ending with Family, Synonyms, Antonyms, How to pronounce? Related sentences, Example sentences, Words starting with Family and more...

Family meaning

Word: Family

How to pronounce: ˈfæm(ə)lɪ

Noun

Definitions:

1. A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Example sentences: "The family lived in a large house with a lot of land"

2. All the descendants of a common ancestor.

Example sentences: "The house has been owned by the same family for 300 years"

3. A group of related things.

Example sentences: "All manuscripts that share this reading constitute a family"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Example sentences: "A family newspaper"


Synonyms:

household

home

house

nuclear family

menage

family circle

familia

fam

immediate family

kin

tribe

kindred

extended family

kinfolk

kind

stock

class

species

type

clan

group

race

genus

ancestral

folks

kinsfolk

people

folk

lineage

line

order

set


Derivations:

familial


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Family in Other Languages...

Spanish: Familia

German: Familie

French: Famille

Italian: Famiglia

Turkish: Aile


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