FAMILY
\fˈamɪli], \fˈamɪli], \f_ˈa_m_ɪ_l_i]\
Definitions of FAMILY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
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a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"
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a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
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people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
By Princeton University
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primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
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a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"
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a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
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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.
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Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
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Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
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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.
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Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
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Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A household; children as distinguished from the parent; a body of persons descended from the parent; a body of persons descended from a common ancestor; tribe; race; genealogy; class; a group of animals larger than a genus or class, but less than an order; in botany. an order.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The household, or all those who live in one house under one head; the descendants of one common progenitor; race; honorable or noble descent; a group of animals, plants, languages, etc., more comprehensive than a genus.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Of, belonging to, or suitable for a family.
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A group of persons, consisting of parents and their children; a household; house; line; clan; tribe; race.
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Distinguished or ancient lineage; descent.
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A class or group of like or related things.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Latin] The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household;—a tribe or race; kindred; —course of descent; genealogy; lineage;—honourable descent; —a group of kindred individuals, usually more comprehensive than a genus, and founded on more indefinite resemblances.
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