immediate family
immediate family · immediate families
A family unit consisting of a parent or parents and their childrenA family unit consisting of a parent or parents and their children.
» Only immediate family members attended Tom and Mary's wedding.
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1 sensesA family unit consisting of a parent or parents and their children.
Examples
7 sentencesOnly immediate family members attended Tom and Mary's wedding.
Does anyone in your immediate family suffer from cardiac disease?
Does any member of your immediate family suffer from cardiac disease?
There is no one in my immediate family who lives abroad, but there are many members of my extended family who do.
deIn meinem engeren Familienkreis wohnt niemand im Ausland, im erweiterten aber schon. — Waldelfe
Many people in his immediate family accepted Islam.
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plural: immediate families| Singular | immediate family |
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