family

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/
/ˈfæm(ɪ)li/
/ˈfæm(ə)li/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

Example Sentences
  • Our family lives in town.
2 Definition

An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

Example Sentences
  • 1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America
3 Definition

A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

Example Sentences
  • Our company is one big happy family.
4 Definition

Lineage, especially an honorable one

5 Definition

A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

Example Sentences
  • Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.
6 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.
7 Definition

A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.

Example Sentences
  • the brass family;  the violin family
8 Definition

A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.

Example Sentences
  • the Indo-European language family;  the Afroasiatic language family
9 Definition

Used attributively.

Example Sentences
  • For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.
10 Definition

A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Suitable for children and adults.

Example Sentences
  • It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
2 Definition

Conservative, traditional.

Example Sentences
  • The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
3 Definition

Homosexual.

Example Sentences
  • I knew he was family when I first met him.