Definitions for families
fam·i·lies

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1. familiesnoun

   Plural form of family.

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1. Families

   of Family

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1. Families

   Families was a daytime soap opera produced by Granada Television and created by Kay Mellor. It followed two families; the Thompsons, based in Cheshire, England, and the Stevens, living in Sydney, Australia. It was produced and recorded at Studio 6 at Granada Studios in Manchester. The link in the storyline was businessman Mike Thompson, who walked out on his family on his birthday and flew to Australia to be with his true love Diana Stevens, whom he had left years earlier. Unbeknownst to Mike, Diana had given birth to his son Andrew and as complications ensued over the abrupt life changes for both families, Andrew travelled to England, where he met Mike’s daughter, Amanda, by his English wife Sue, and they fell in love, not realising that they were half-brother and sister. This plot line was somewhat similar to the opening storyline of the popular Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters which had successfully aired on ITV daytime since 1983. It was broadcast twice a week at 3.20pm with the first episode broadcast on 23 April 1990. Both episodes were also repeated on Thursday 10.40pm in the Granada TV region as part of Granada's "10.40-extra" strand. After two years, stories involving the Thompson and Stevens families—and the UK-Australian crossover angle—had run their course, with several characters either dead or left for pastures new. In their place came the wealthy Bannerman family, who were introduced during the summer of 1992, as they moved into the Thompsons' Cheshire mansion from a suburb of Manchester. In addition, some of the remaining Australian-based characters were re-located to England.

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1. familiesadjective

   Plural from of the noun family

   The families all gathered at the wedding and enjoyed the joy, unity and loving feelings

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 7, 2021  

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   Song lyrics by families -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by families on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'families' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1235

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'families' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1558

How to pronounce families?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say families in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of families in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of families in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of families in a Sentence

1. Janet Yellen:

   The exact details of how it should be targeted are to be determined, but struggling middle class families need help.

2. Texas AM University-Commerce:

   Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families, and friends of those affected by this morning's shooting in Greenville.

3. Robert Neller:

   While there is no dishonor in coming up short, or needing help, there is no honor in quitting, for those who are struggling... our Marine Corps, our families, and our Nation need you ; we can't afford to lose you.

4. Janet Yellen:

   It would be catastrophic for the economy and for individual families, nearly 50 million seniors could stop receiving Social Security payments or receive them delayed.

5. Barack Obama:

   When I hear folks say that maybe we should just admit the Christians and not the Muslims (refugees), when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who's fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted -- when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution -- that's shameful. That's not American.

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