a social unit living together; 'he moved his family to Virginia'; 'It was a good Christian household'; 'I waited until the whole house was asleep ...primary social group; parents and children; 'he wanted to have a good job before starting a family' people descended from a common ancestor; 'his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower' class: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; 'there are two classes of detergents' an association of people who share common 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' (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; 'sharks belong to the fish family' kin: a person having kinship with another or others; 'he's kin'; 'he's family' syndicate: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the Roman ...
Family was an English rock band that formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1973. Their style has been characterised as progressive rock, although this may be a misnomer as their sound often had little in common with that genre, instead incorporating elements of many styles, such as folk, psychedelia ...
In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank.
The family, although recognized as fundamental from Adam Smith on, received little systematic treatment in economics before the 1950s. A significant exception was Thomas Malthus's model of population growth. ...
Family is a 2001 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike.
Family was an television drama series that aired on ABC from 1976 to 1980. Creative control of the show was split between executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling and Mike Nichols.
Family, sometimes referred to as Family Channel, is a Canadian premium television service geared mainly towards kids and younger teenagers. It is owned by Astral Media.
'Family' was the second episode of the fourth season of ''''. This episode takes place several weeks after the Borg attack on Earth shown in the episode 'The Best of Both Worlds'.
Family was a cult band from Spain in the 1990's. Although initally unsuccessful, Family gradually acquired a fanbase and is now highly recognised in the Spanish underground pop scene. ...
'Family' is the sixth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. See also List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes.
'Family' is an episode from Season 2 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel-Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families and families of families.
'Family' is the second episode of the second season of Masters of Horror. It originally aired in North America on November 3, 2006.
is a group of two persons or more (one of whom is the householder, see below) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such persons (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family. ...
A group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, adoption, or emotional ties.
A broad grouping of life forms believed to have a distant common ancestry, and sharing many general traits. Families are further subdivided into genera, and genera into species. The botanical name of a family ends in "-aceae," a suffix which means "family. ...
Arms of Family. [See under ARMS.]
in the Linnaean classification scheme, a category between order and genus that is a group of closely related genera or (rarely) a single genus; an onion is scientifically considered in the genus Allium, of the family Liliaceae, in the order Liliales
One or more persons occupying a dwelling as a single housekeeping unit.
Connotes those who have a close connection to an individual, regardless of their genetic or legal ties.
A scientific order of taxonomy which contains genera, or genus.
Definition: (i) a single person maintaining an independent household, or (ii) two or more persons related by blood or marriage, maintaining a common household, or (iii) two, three or four unrelated persons maintaining a common household and includes not more than four persons lodging or boarding ...
A legally married couple both aged under 65; a common law husband and wife both aged under 65; a single parent; an adult couple both aged under 65 who have been cohabiting for at least one year, with up to three children aged 18 years under (or 21 in full time education).
All the type sizes and styles of one typeface. A complete character set of a font. The group shares a common design but can differ in attributes such as character width, weight and posture (ie, Roman vs. Italic). ...
a higher taxonomic category for a group of related animals or plants which share common characteristics. This category is more specific than an order and broader than a genus. For more information see the classification of animals.
The family name as given by the person making the identification or from a reliable reference.
A Census Family is a husband and wife (including common-law) or same-sex couple (new with 2001 Census) without or with children (without spouse or children) at home or a lone parent with children at home. ...
In a Whedon story, family is not who you were born to. Family is who you chose to be with. In Buffy, Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander, as well as the others with them, were more of a family than any of their biological families.
The fifth group that scientists classify living things into. Each order is split into families. Example: The Muridae Family is in the Rodent Order.
in taxonomy a group of genera which show very similar characteristics. For example, the cat family ( Felidae ) is made up of different genera which all have whiskers and sharp claws.
One genus or several genera which have a basically similar floral pattern make up a family.
taxonomic group above genus, but below order; suffix is -aceae.
a major grouping of living things, usually containing several related genera.
A family is defined as a group of two or more persons in the same household including at least one dependent child under the age of 18. At least one parent or another adult must live with the child. ...
A group of plants having biologically similar features. (flower anatomy, fruit type, etc.)
People who dislike the unpleasant associations of "stepfamily" often use "blended family" instead. In a true blended ("complex") stepfamily, both committed partners have prior kids. Each mate is a dual-role stepparent and bioparent. ...
taxonomic level below order and above genus
The same thing as a "group" (see above)
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