Know Your Next Word : family

5. family :

noun :

1. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not

2. the children of one person or one couple collectively



usage :

We want a large family.

We're taking the family on vacation next week.

to marry into a socially prominent family.

The message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family.

Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.

Sharks belong to the fish family.



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