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Families

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.

📖 Definitions of "Families"

noun
  1. 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. 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. 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. 4

    Lineage, especially an honorable one

noun
  1. 1

    A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.

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