family
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- noun
- /ˈfæmɪli/
- Specialized
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familia
- A large number of significant shifts in edibility are detected between plant families, but very few within families.
- genera and families
- species of the family
- plant families
So you'll have two options for CPU family on the consumer class board.
- So you'll have two options for CPU family on the consumer class board.
- The APO B family is the VLDLIDLLDL family.
- One of those is garlic, obviously in the Allium family, but also onions.
- And also over time the same malware family will change slightly objectives.
- And you could say that whole Algal family went into Ada.
Examples
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And that is how we drew parallels with the family and with the city.
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So we talked about the linear family of feedback policies, right?
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So one from each of these three families took an active part.
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More commonly, however, the range in other families is less than ten years.
Academic text (1991) -
It's a place that's been in my mother's family for generations.
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Interestingly, the rankings for this family of activities received the lowest of the four family groups.
Academic text (1999) -
The oil content of menhaden, as with other members of the herring family, varies greatly by season.
Academic text (1991) -
The Judas tree is a flowering tree of the same family as the redbud.
Academic text (2008) -
The cat family and the hyena family similarly evolved hypercarnivorous top predators.
Academic text (2008) -
The lionfish is a member of the family of scorpionfish, which includes the stonefish and toadfish.
Synonyms
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4.2
A group of related plants with similar flowers and leaves
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4.7
A group of related birds that share similar body shape and habits
A group of plants like ferns that have long leaves and make spores
A group of flowering plants like tulips that often grow from bulbs
A group of flowering plants like aloe with thick leaves that live in dry places
A small group of flowering plants that has only one kind of plant, Leitneria
Idioms
- Informal
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3.4
A group of people who are close and friendly like a loving home
- Informal
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7.1
To not tell people outside the family about important things
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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
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2.7
Information about illnesses your relatives have had to help a doctor know your health risks
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2.7
A group of related people including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
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3.5
A family that cares for a child who is not their own for a time when the parents cannot
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2.7
Time away from work to care for family members after a birth, adoption, or when they are ill
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1.0
A connection between people who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption
- Specialized
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3.9
A meeting with a therapist for family members to improve communication and solve problems
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A large Bible kept at home with pages to record family births, marriages, and deaths
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3.4
A family whose members belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Specialized
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4.8
A way to avoid pregnancy by not having sex during a woman's fertile days, without using medicine or devices
- Specialized
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3.9
A group of instruments like trumpet or trombone that make sound when the player's lips buzz on a mouthpiece
- Specialized
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5.5
A group of small round beetles like ladybugs that eat plant pests
- Specialized
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6.5
A set of related fonts like regular, bold, and italic that match each other
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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
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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
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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 Specific
Surface Forms
Etymology
Family was used for a household of related people, and scientists borrowed the word to put similar animals or plants into one group. So a scientific family is like a 'house' for species that are closely related.