family

باللغة العربية: فَصِيلَة، أُسْرَة، عَائِلَة، أَهْل

1. A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. (countable, uncountable) · Our family lives in town.
2. A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species. (countable, uncountable)
3. An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage. (countable, uncountable)
4. A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children. (countable, uncountable) · The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.· We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!
5. Members of one's family collectively. (uncountable) · I have a lot of family in Australia.· He has a sister, but no other family.
6. A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together. (countable, uncountable) · crime family, Mafia family· This is my fraternity family at the university.
7. The gay community. (slang, uncountable)
8. Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage. (uncountable)

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