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family

English

🔊 primary social group
“he wanted to have a good job before starting a family”
🔊 people descended from a common ancestor
“his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”
🔊 a social unit living together
“he moved his family to Virginia”
🔊 (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
“sharks belong to the fish family”
🔊 an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
“the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family”
🔊 a collection of things sharing a common attribute
“there are two classes of detergents”
🔊 a person having kinship with another or others
“he's kin”
🔊 a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities