family
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Noun 4 meanings
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
“Our family lives in town.”
An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
“The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.”
Members of one's family collectively.
“I have a lot of family in Australia.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Suitable for children and adults.
“It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.”
Etymology
From Late Middle English famylye, from Latin familia (“a household”). Displaced native Old English hīred and hād. Doublet of familia.
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FAMILY at a glance
FAMILY has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + M 3 + I 1 + L 1 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #192 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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