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Meaning
Noun
●
In Collectives:
A group of people who are
closely
related to
one another
(by blood,
marriage
or
adoption
);
kin
;
in particular
, a set of
parents
and their children; an
immediate
family.
●
An
extended family
: a group of people who are related to
one another
by blood or marriage.
●
A
nuclear family
: a
mother
and
father
who are
married
and
cohabiting
and their
child
or
child
ren.
●
Members of
one's
family collectively.
●
In Collectives:
A (close-knit) group of people related by blood,
friendship
,
marriage
, law, or
custom
, especially if they
live
or work together.
The
gay
community.
●
In Family & Family members:
Lineage, especially
honorable
or
noble
lineage
.
●
In Biology & Taxonomy:
A
category
in the
classification
of
organisms
,
ranking
below order and above
genus
; a
taxon
at that
rank.
●
Any group or
aggregation
of things
classed
together as
kindred
or related from
possessing
in common
characteristics
which
distinguish
them from other things of the same order.
●
In Set theory:
A
collection
of
sets
, especially of
subsets
of a given set.
●
In Music:
A group of
instruments
having the same
basic
method of
tone
production.
●
In Linguistics:
A group of
languages
believed
to have
descended
from the same
ancestral
language.
Adj
●
Suitable for children and adults.
●
In LGBT:
Homosexual.
Name
●
A group of people who are
closely
related to
one another
(by blood,
marriage
or adoption)
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
family
English
familia
Latin
famula
Latin
famulus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Familia
Kin
Kinfolk
Fam
Class
Relatives
Bloodline
Domesticity
Category
Flesh And Blood
Related
Parents
Relatives
Mother
Siblings
Household
Grandparents
Husband
Wife
Spouse
Daughter
Community
Mom
Group
Child
Life
Friends
Father
Children
Home
Grandmother
Dad
Society
Clan
Friend
Sister
Son
Brother
Person
Woman
Tribe
House
Country
People
Marriage
School
Grandfather
Member
Kid
Partner
Aunt
Man
Sibling
Couple
Nation
Client
Kinship
Youth
Kids
Church
Patient
Girlfriend
Village
Team
Parenting
Relative
Culture
Loved Ones
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