10. family Biol. the usual majorsubdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usu. consisting of several genera.
15. family suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.
16. family not containing obscene language: a family newspaper.
Definition of 'family'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)family, household, house, home, menage a socialunitliving 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"
2. (noun)family, family unit primarysocial group; parents and children "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
4. (noun)family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry people descended from a commonancestor "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
5. (noun)kin, kinsperson, family a person having kinship with another or others "he's kin"; "he's family"
6. (noun)family (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera "sharks belong to the fish family"
7. (noun)syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
8. (noun)family, fellowship an association of people who sharecommon 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"
3. family everyone related to sb and the relationship they have with each other There have been lots of lawyers in our family.; Family is important to me.
4. family in the family belonging to a family She wants to keep the money in the family.
5. family a group of related things Killer whales are in the same family as dolphins.; a word family
Definition of 'family'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)family the collectivebody of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders
3. (verb)family those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family
4. (verb)family course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage
5. (verb)family honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family
6. (verb)family a group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family
7. (verb)family a group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order
Definition of 'family'
U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. family A socialgroup consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.
Sense: (singular or plural) a man, his wife and their children These houses were built for families; The (members of the) Smith family are all very athletic; (