Meaning

13 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

    Our family lives in town.

    Familie, Sippe, Family

    семья́semʹjá, семе́йствоseméjstvo

    сім'я́simʺjá, роди́наrodýna, сіме́йствоsiméjstvo

    primary social group; parents and children

  2. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

    (collective, countable, uncountable)A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.

    The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.

    We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!

  5. (uncountable)Members of one's family collectively.

    I have a lot of family in Australia.

    He has a sister, but no other family.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

    crime family, Mafia family

    This is my fraternity family at the university.

  7. A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

    (slang, uncountable)The gay community.

  8. (uncountable)Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.

  9. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.

  10. 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.

    (countable, uncountable)A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

    Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.

    Familie

    семе́йствоseméjstvo

    роди́наrodýna, сіме́йствоsiméjstvo

  11. (countable)A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.

    Let #92;mathcalF be a family of subsets over S.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.

    the brass family; the violin family

    Familie

Examples

5780 sentences
  1. We are a family of four.

    Нас четверо у сім'ї. — ascolto

    deWir sind eine vierköpfige Familie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. It's great to have a family.

    Це чудово мати сім'ю. — iceman

    ruИметь семью - здорово. — odexed

    deEs ist schön, eine Familie zu haben. — cost

  3. You must think of your family.

    Ти мусиш думати про свою родину. — deniko

    ruТы должен думать о своей семье. — odindwaodin

    deDu musst an deine Familie denken! — Manfredo

  4. You have to protect your family.

    Ви повинні захищати вашу родину. — brambury

    ruТы должен защитить свою семью. — Tretiz

    deDu musst deine Familie beschützen. — Yorwba

  5. Tell me something about your family.

    Розкажіть мені щось про свою родину. — deniko

    ruРасскажи мне что-нибудь о своей семье. — ashulga

    deErzähle mir etwas über deine Familie. — p4p4schlumpf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom:
immediate family [as a group], e.g. parents and their children:
Русский
By meaning 2
group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom:
(used attributively):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom:
immediate family [as a group], e.g. parents and their children:

Origin

From Late Middle English famylye, from Latin familia (“a household”). Displaced native Old

From Late Middle English famylye, from Latin familia (“a household”). Displaced native Old English hīred and hād. Doublet of familia.

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Forms

plural: families
Singularfamily
Pluralfamilies

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
relatives:flesh and blood
Close in meaning

Word family

121 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • with his family
  • with my family
  • with your family
  • in my family
  • a large family
  • in your family
  • support his family
  • in our family
  • my family is
  • in his family
  • and his family
  • large family

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
family — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto