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- pronunciation:
- fae
mih
li
[or]
faem
li
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
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families |
| definition 1: |
a group made up of a parent or parents and their children.
I am the youngest girl in our family, but I have a younger brother.
- synonyms:
- folk
- similar words:
- clan, house, household, kin
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| definition 2: |
all those related by blood or marriage.
He could trace his family back over two hundred years.We will visit family on Thanksgiving.
- synonyms:
- kin, people, relations
- similar words:
- ancestors, clan, descendants, folk, offspring, relatives
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| definition 3: |
any group living together as if they were related by blood.
At college, my friends became my family.- synonyms:
- house, household
- similar words:
- clan, folk, people
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| definition 4: |
any group of things related in what they look like, do, or where they come from.
French, Spanish, and Italian are all part of the same family of languages.- synonyms:
- category, class, genus, group
- similar words:
- kind, order, type
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| definition 5: |
a group of living things that are related to each other.
Lions and tigers are members of the cat family.
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| related words: |
breed, category, kingdom |
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conventionally associated with family |
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coat of arms, heirloom, history, home, reunion, tradition |
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some descriptions of families |
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akin, close, distant, domestic, maternal, paternal, social, supportive |
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some members of a family |
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aunt, brother, brother-in-law, child, cousin, daughter-in-law, father, father-in-law, grandchild, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, great-grandchild, great-grandparent, husband, mother, mother-in-law, parent, relative, sister, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, uncle, wife |
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some people associated with families |
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descendant, relative |
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