Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - family
Family
family
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a set of parents and children, or of relations, living together or not. 2 a the members of a household, esp. parents and their children. b a person's children. c (attrib.) serving the needs of families (family butcher). 3 a all the descendants of a common ancestor. b a race or group of peoples from a common stock. 4 all the languages ultimately derived from a particular early language, regarded as a group. 5 a brotherhood of persons or nations united by political or religious ties. 6 a group of objects distinguished by common features. 7 Math. a group of curves etc. obtained by varying one quantity. 8 Biol. a group of related genera of organisms within an order in taxonomic classification. Phrases and idioms family allowance Brit. a former name for child benefit. family credit (or income supplement) (in the UK) a regular payment by the State to a family with an income below a certain level. Family Division (in the UK) a division of the High Court dealing with adoption, divorce, etc. family man a man having a wife and children, esp. one fond of family life. family name a surname. family planning birth control. family tree a chart showing relationships and lines of descent. in the family way colloq. pregnant. Etymology: ME f. L familia household f. famulus servant
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I. noun (plural -lies) Etymology: Middle English familie, from Latin familia household (including servants as well as kin of the householder), from famulus servant Date: 15th century a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head ; household, 2. a group of persons of common ancestry ; clan, a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock ; race, 3. a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation ; fellowship, the staff of a high official (as the President), a group of things related by common characteristics: as, a closely related series of elements or chemical compounds, a group of soils with similar chemical and physical properties (as texture, pH, and mineral content) that comprise a category ranking above the series and below the subgroup in soil classification, a group of related languages descended from a single ancestral language, 5. the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children, spouse and children , 6. a group of related plants or animals forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order and usually comprising several to many genera, b. in livestock breeding the descendants or line of a particular individual especially of some outstanding female, an identifiable strain within a breed, a set of curves or surfaces whose equations differ only in parameters, a unit of a crime syndicate (as the Mafia) operating within a geographical area, ~hood noun II. adjective Date: 1602 of or relating to a ~, designed or suitable for both children and adults ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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