family


Definition: Meaning of, family in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfamɪli;ˈfam(ə)li /

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family families
  1. closely related group [countable] a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, a father, and their children
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  2. all your relations [C,U also + plural verb British English] British English all the people you are related to, including those who are now dead
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  3. children [countable] children
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  4. family size/pack etc a container or package containing a large amount of a product
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  5. group of animals/things [countable] technical a group of related animals, plants, languages etc
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  6. she's/he's family informal used to emphasize your connection with someone who is related to you
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  7. in the family way old-fashioned PREGNANT
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family used in phrases

  • Addams Family, the
    1. an imaginary family who originally appeared in a US CARTOON STRIP and then in a humorous television programme and in films. They are very interested in death and frightening things, and think that they are normal even though they seem very strange to everyone else
  • Family Income Support
    1. money given by the British government to people in Britain who are unemployed and have children
  • Family Planning Association, the
    1. the former name of the FPA
  • Goodenia family (noun)
    1. a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China
  • Holy Family (noun)
    1. the Holy Family Jesus, his mother Mary, and her husband Joseph
  • Joad family, the
    1. the main characters in the book The GRAPES OF WRATH (1939) by John STEINBECK
  • Salvadora family (noun)
    1. a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
  • St John's wort family (noun)
    1. widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
  • Swiss Family Robinson, the
    1. (1813) a novel for children by the Swiss writer Johann WYSS, about a family who live on a DESERT ISLAND after their ship sinks. It was made into a Walt DISNEY film in 1960.
  • acanthus family (noun)
    1. widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
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