noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Our family lives in town." family group human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage. Examples : "1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America" family group human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together. Examples : "Our company is one big happy family." family group human society person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Lineage, especially an honorable one Examples : "For generations, these families have been known for their dedication to public service. " family culture history society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank. Examples : "Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae." organism biology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family." group family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production. Examples : "the brass family; the violin family" music group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language. Examples : "the Indo-European language family; the Afroasiatic language family" language linguistics family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Used attributively. Examples : "For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic." family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation. Examples : "Many families attend the school's annual picnic. " family human person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading