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Our family celebrates birthdays together.
What does Family mean?
Family means people joined by relationship or care, or a group of related living things or objects.
Dictionary definition
A social group connected by relationship, ancestry, commitment, or care; family can also describe a household, a group of related things, or a biological rank above genus and below order.
Example sentences
Family in a sentence
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The school team began to feel like family.
hard
Lions and house cats belong to the same biological family.
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Practice 1
Which meaning can family have?
Families take many forms and may be connected by relationship, ancestry, commitment, or care.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses family as an adjective?
Family modifies photo album, so it is working as an adjective.
Practice 3
Which sentence uses a scientific meaning of family?
In biological classification, a family is a rank that groups related genera.
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fam · uh · lee · strongest beat: fam
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WordFamily.
Partnoun, adjective.
MeaningFamily means people joined by relationship or care, or a group of related living things or objects.
ExampleExample: Our family celebrates birthdays together.
Word breakdown
3 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- fam · uh · lee
- Strongest beat
- fam
- Ending
- lee
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on fam.
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Synonyms
Words like Family
relativesUse for people connected through family relationships; family can also include bonds of care or affiliation.
householdUse for people living together in one home; relatives who live elsewhere are still family.
kinA concise, sometimes formal or traditional word for relatives or people of shared ancestry.
Antonym review
Does Family have an opposite?
Family has no precise general antonym across its social, household, adjective, and classification senses. Stranger and outsider are not opposites because someone can be neither family nor a stranger or outsider.
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Word family
Family word family
Base word
family
noun
families
The plural form of family.
adjective
familial
Relating to or typical of a family.
adjective
family-friendly
Suitable or welcoming for children and adults together.
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Hint for students
First decide whether family names people, describes something connected or suitable for a family, or groups related living things or objects.
Common mix-up
Family and household are not identical: family members may live in different homes, and people in one household are not always related. Collective-verb agreement can also vary by dialect and meaning.
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Students label sentences social group, adjective, related things, or biology, then revise one narrow definition so it includes varied families without losing precision.
Teacher prompt
Compare family as a social group, in family movie, and in the cat family. Ask what relationship or shared feature joins each group.
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