Monday, March 20, 2017

What is family?

fam·i·ly

NOUN
families (plural noun)

  1. 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"
      synonyms: children · little ones · youngsters · offspring · progeny ·
      descendants · scions · heirs · a brood · issue · kids · kiddies · tots
    • 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.

    • biology
      a principal taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below order, usually ending in -idae (in zoology) or -aceae (in botany).
      synonyms: taxonomic group · order · class · genus · species · stock · strain ·
    • a group of objects united by a significant shared characteristic.

    • mathematics
      a group of curves or surfaces obtained by varying the value of a constant in the equation generating them.
  2. all the descendants of a common ancestor:
    "the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years"
    • 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

  1. designed to be suitable for children as well as adults:
    "a family newspaper"




http://www.ghs-mh.de/relationships/families/fam_forums_1.htm

   "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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