noun
plural -lies
a group of people who are related to each other
This sense of family can refer to a group that consists of parents and their children or it can refer to a bigger group of related people including grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. It is often used specifically of a group of related people who live together in one house. [count]
To be treated like one of the family or like family is to be treated in a very warm and kind way, like a member of someone's family.
You can informally describe someone as a member of your family by saying that he or she is family.
If something runs in the family or runs in someone's family, it occurs in all or many members of a family.
[count] :a person's children
[count] :a group of related people including people who lived in the past
[count] :a group of people who resemble a family in some way
[count] :a group of things that are alike in some way
[count] :a group of related plants or animals
[count] :a group of criminals who work together in an organized way
adjective
always used before a noun
of or relating to a family
designed or suitable for both children and adults
the family jewels
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