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family
Found in thesaurus: kin, tribe, stemma, origin, blood line, ancestry, line of descent, collection, taxon, relation, gangland
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family
n.
group of persons who are related by blood; group of things which are related; plants or animals of the same genera
adj.
of a family, of a group of relatives
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Family
In the context of human society, a family (from ) is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity (by recognized birth), affinity (by marriage), or co-residence (as implied by the etymology of the English word "family") and/or shared consumption (see nurture kinship). Members of the immediate family includes spouses, parents, brothers, sisters, sons and/or daughters. Members of the extended family may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and/or siblings-in-law.
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Family (May J. album)
Family is the second album released by May J. and her first under the label Rhythm Zone. No singles were released form the album. It entered the daily Oricon chart at #5 and climbed to #3.
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family
Noun
1. a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
(synonym) household, house, home, menage
(hypernym) unit, social unit
(hyponym) nuclear family, conjugal family
2. primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
(synonym) family unit
(hypernym) kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
(hyponym) couple, mates, match
(member-meronym) child, kid
3. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
(synonym) family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
(hypernym) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
(hyponym) people
4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
(synonym) class, category
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) Larvacea, class Larvacea
(member-meronym) superphylum
5. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
(synonym) fellowship
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) koinonia
6. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
(hypernym) taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
(hyponym) Filoviridae
(member-holonym) order
(member-meronym) Bunyaviridae
(classification) biology, biological science
7. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"
(synonym) kin, kinsperson
(hypernym) relative, relation
(hyponym) affine
8. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
(synonym) syndicate, crime syndicate, mob
(hypernym) organized crime, gangland, gangdom
(hyponym) Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra
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family
n.
rodina, děti; čeleď
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family
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rodzina
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