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family
What does family mean?
family (noun): a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use family in a sentence?
- He wanted to have a good job before starting a family. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce family?
/ˈfæməli/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to family
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “family” mean?
the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe
Not quite: that's what budget means.
literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm
Not quite: that's what poetry means.
a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin
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a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
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