[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"family"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/household"]household[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/house"]house[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/home"]home[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/menage"]menage[/URL]] [*]primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/family unit"]family unit[/URL]] [*]people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/family line"]family line[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/folk"]folk[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/kinfolk"]kinfolk[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/kinsfolk"]kinsfolk[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/sept"]sept[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/phratry"]phratry[/URL]] [*]a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/class"]class[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/category"]category[/URL]] [*]an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/fellowship"]fellowship[/URL]] [*](biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" [*]a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/kin"]kin[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/kinsperson"]kinsperson[/URL]] [*]a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/syndicate"]syndicate[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/crime syndicate"]crime syndicate[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/mob"]mob[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/family"]http://www.word.sc/family[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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