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| 1. | [ noun ] (housing) a social unit living together | |
| Synonyms: | house household home menage | |
| Examples: | "he moved his family to Virginia" "It was a good Christian household" "I waited until the whole house was asleep" "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" |
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| Related terms: | unit foster_home extended_family menage_a_trois nuclear_family foster_family home | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (sociology) primary social group; parents and children | |
| Synonyms: | family_unit | |
| Examples: | "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" |
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| Related terms: | kin marriage couple marx_brothers child parent sibling | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a collection of things sharing a common attribute | |
| Synonyms: | category class | |
| Examples: | "there are two classes of detergents" |
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| Related terms: | collection sex stamp grammatical_category paradigm Diplopoda Malacostraca declension declension conjugation Larvacea denomination superphylum classify categorize | |
| 4. | [ noun ] people descended from a common ancestor | |
| Synonyms: | folk sept kinsfolk kinfolk phratry family_line | |
| Examples: | "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
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| Related terms: | lineage house name people dynasty homefolk | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera | |
| Examples: | "sharks belong to the fish family" |
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| Related terms: | taxonomic_group plant_family protoctist_family bacteria_family fern_family fungus_family reptile_family fish_family filoviridae chordate_family monocot_family gymnosperm_family dicot_family moss_family arthropod_family mammal_family coelenterate_family ctenophore_family worm_family mollusk_family family_panorpidae bittacidae echinoderm_family bird_family amphibian_family Endamoebidae form_family order genus togaviridae arenaviridae flaviviridae subfamily tribe reoviridae rhabdoviridae bunyaviridae biology | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a person having kinship with another or others | |
| Synonyms: | kinsperson kin | |
| Examples: | "he's kin" "he's family" |
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| Related terms: | relative affine | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (criminal law) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | |
| Synonyms: | mob syndicate crime_syndicate | |
| Related terms: | organized_crime Mafia | |
| 8. | [ noun ] an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | |
| Synonyms: | fellowship | |
| Examples: | "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family" "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" |
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| Related terms: | association koinonia | |
| Similar spelling: |
Familia |
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