FAMILY — Definition of FAMILY
noun
1
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Our family lives in town.
2
An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
1915, William T. Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America
3
A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
Our company is one big happy family.
4
Lineage, especially an honorable one
adjective
1
Suitable for children and adults.
It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.
2
Conservative, traditional.
The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
3
Homosexual.
I knew he was family when I first met him.
noun
1
A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/family
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