meaning of family
1. 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.
2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
3. 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.
4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
7. 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.
8. primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a
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Related Words
family | family acanthaceae | family acanthisittidae | family acanthuridae | family acaridae | family accipitridae | family aceraceae | family acipenseridae | family acrididae | family actinidiaceae | family actinomycetaceae | family adelgidae | family adiantaceae | family aegypiidae | family aepyornidae | family agamidae | family agaricaceae | family agavaceae | family agonidae | family ailuropodidae | family aizoaceae | family akeridae | family alaudidae | family albuginaceae | family albulidae | family alcedinidae | family alcidae | family aleyrodidae | family alismataceae | family alliaceae |
