family
/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li//ˈfæm(ɪ)li//ˈfæm(ə)li/noun
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A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Example: Our family lives in town.
An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
Example: 1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America
A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
Example: Our company is one big happy family.
Lineage, especially an honorable one
adjective
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Suitable for children and adults.
Example: It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
Conservative, traditional.
Example: The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
Homosexual.
Example: I knew he was family when I first met him.
noun
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A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.