fam·i·ly
/ˈfam(ə)lē/
noun
- a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit."the family lived in a large house with a lot of land"synonyms: household, ménage, nuclear family, brood
- all the descendants of a common ancestor."the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years"synonyms: ancestry, parentage, birth, pedigree, genealogy, background, family tree, descent, lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood, extraction, derivation, race, strain, stock, breed, dynasty, house, forebears, forefathers, antecedents, progenitors, roots, origins, filiation, stirps
- a group of related things."all manuscripts that share this reading constitute a family"
adjective
designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.
"a family newspaper"
Apr 19, 2024 · Family, a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and interacting with each other in their ...
1 day ago · I'm at a loss, as he has never been particularly close to his family and he never even looks at the watches, but he absolutely refuses to explain himself.
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