family
∞
2.4
- noun
- /ˈfæmɪli/
:
grupo
- But I do hope you'll consider joining the Lakeside family next summer.
You're welcome here in this family on this page.
- You're welcome here in this family on this page.
Examples
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So my theme this year for all my family is travel.
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The project involved the entire family, and it might have been an unbearable drudgery.
Fiction book (1990) -
"The Mayor sent word to the family -- they better leave," she later wrote.
Academic text (2011) -
And meanwhile, the rest of the family is playing in the lake.
Academic text (2011) -
When all the men in my family and parish started to join up, it just seemed the thing to do.
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Oh, I had a retreat here a few years back and they made everyone feel like family.
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A final common element in most of these treatment programs is family involvement in the treatment.
Academic text (1999) -
I'd like to say what a beautiful addition you're going to make to our family.
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Students who perceive their cohorts as a family will take on the responsibility to care for their peers.
Academic text (2011) -
The organization brings together a diverse family of people united by a common goal.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A group of people who work together to reach a shared goal
∞
1.0
A number of people or things seen as one unit
∞
2.8
A group of people who live in the same area, like a neighborhood
∞
2.7
A group of people who work together for a common goal
318
3.3
A group of people with shared interests
188
2.8
A group of people who share a common purpose or interest
180
5.3
A group of criminals who run illegal businesses together
40
3.9
A group of people who share the same interests or activities
34
7.3
A group of people who run illegal businesses together
15
1.7
A group of people gathered for a short time to do something
12
2.7
People who meet, talk, and feel they belong together
8
4.5
An organized group of criminals who work together to do illegal things
1
6.6
A group of people who act together for a shared purpose
Idioms
- Informal
14
3.4
A group of people who are close and friendly like a loving home
- Informal
4
7.1
To not tell people outside the family about important things
1
5.0
Only members of the same family own or run it, for example a family business
Families stay close and strong by spending time together
Compounds
- Specialized
55
2.7
Information about illnesses your relatives have had to help a doctor know your health risks
48
2.7
A group of related people including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
14
3.5
A family that cares for a child who is not their own for a time when the parents cannot
12
2.7
Time away from work to care for family members after a birth, adoption, or when they are ill
7
1.0
A connection between people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption
- Specialized
4
3.9
A meeting with a therapist for family members to improve communication and solve problems
3
4.9
A large Bible kept at home with pages to record family births, marriages, and deaths
1
3.4
A family whose members belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Specialized
1
4.8
A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices
- Specialized
1
3.9
A group of instruments like trumpet or trombone that make sound when the player's lips buzz on a mouthpiece
- Specialized
1
5.5
A group of small round beetles like ladybugs that eat plant pests
- Specialized
1
6.5
A set of related fonts like regular, bold, and italic that match each other
1
3.7
A group of instruments that make sound when someone blows into them, like a flute or clarinet
- Specialized
A natural way to avoid pregnancy by checking a woman's daily morning temperature to find days she can get pregnant
- Specialized
A group of small trees, shrubs, and herbs that grow in hot, dry, salty places and are sometimes poisonous
- Specialized
A family of tropical plants with thick stems and attractive leaves often kept as houseplants
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants with pipe-shaped flowers, like wild ginger
- Specialized
Plants that are small trees or shrubs with inflated seed pods, found in areas with mild weather
- Specialized
A group of plants that live in water or bogs and catch and eat small animals
- Specialized
A family of flowering plants with coiled flower clusters and small nutlike fruits
- Specialized
A group of evergreen shrubs and small trees with glossy leaves, including boxwood, found worldwide
- Specialized
A group of water plants with long grass-like leaves and round flower heads
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants that includes buttercups and flowers like columbines and clematis
- Specialized
A group of small plants without leaves that are brown or yellow and live by taking food from other plants
- Specialized
A group of thorny trees and bushes that have small fruit often used for medicine
- Specialized
A group of plants that make flowers, for example buckwheat and rhubarb
- Specialized
A group of fragrant tropical trees with scented bark found in eastern Africa, Florida and the West Indies
A group of shrubs or small trees with fragrant bark and showy flowers from eastern United States and eastern Asia
A group of tall marsh plants like cattails with long leaves and brown flower spikes
- Specialized
A group of small plants with thick leaves that store water, like carpetweeds and fig marigolds
- Specialized
A group of plants like parsley and dill with small umbrella-shaped flower clusters
- Specialized
A family of flowering plants with two seed leaves including carnations and pinks
How United
Surface Forms
Etymology
Family once named a household where people trusted and supported each other, so the word came to mean any close group that acts like a household. That's why people call a loyal company or even a criminal organization a family.