NOUN
families (plural noun)
- a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
- a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage:"friends and family can provide support"synonyms: relatives · relations · kin · next of kin · kinsfolk · kindred ·
one's (own) flesh and blood · nearest and dearest · people · connections · extended family · in-laws · clan · tribe · folks - the children of a person or couple:"she has the sole responsibility for a large family"
- a person or people related to one and so to be treated with a special loyalty or intimacy:"I could not turn him away, for he was family"
- a group of people united in criminal activity.
biologya principal taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below order, usually ending in -idae (in zoology) or -aceae (in botany).- a group of objects united by a significant shared characteristic.
mathematicsa group of curves or surfaces obtained by varying the value of a constant in the equation generating them.
- all the descendants of a common ancestor:"the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years"synonyms: ancestry · parentage · pedigree · genealogy · background · family tree ·
descent · lineage · bloodline · blood · extraction · stock · forebears · forefathers · antecedents · roots · origins · heritage · dual heritage- a race or group of peoples from a common stock.
- all the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group:"the Austronesian language family"
ADJECTIVE
- designed to be suitable for children as well as adults:"a family newspaper"
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"Family to me means everything! They come 1st! they love and support me through thick and thin!!! I am talking about blood relatives here! I am supper close with m family and hope it always stays like that!" - Sarah
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