Families

Word FAMILIES
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Definitions and meanings of "Families"

What do we mean by families?

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.

A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.

Lineage, especially an honorable one

A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.

A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.

A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.

Used attributively.

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The word "families" in example sentences

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton August 5 expressing sorrow over the Israeli government\'s August 2 eviction of two Palestinian families from East Jerusalem, and asked Clinton and the Obama administration to call for the families\ 'immediate return.' ❋ Unknown (2009)

The County Surveyor gives the population of Mayo at 56,209 families, _of whom 46,316 families_, he says, _were to be employed on the relief works! ❋ John O'Rourke (N/A)

And I guess what I appreciate about storytelling in families is it's ... it's elemental. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His work on violence in families is regarded as landmark research. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I've also always hated the term families being thrown about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For instance, in families from the bottom 25 percent of the income distribution not even one third of students take the SAT. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The change of economic relation in families from a sex-basis to a social basis will make possible wide individual intercourse without this accompanying strain on the family ties. ❋ Unknown (1898)

-- The bread used in families is usually baked by women, and at home. ❋ Unknown (1871)

One of the label families that gets my trust before I even drop the needle is the Secretly ❋ Unknown (2010)

A world in which we acknowledge the insights we receive from our families is a world that learns more. ❋ Amity Shlaes (2010)

In the south and the east of the country (and, unfortunately, increasingly over the last two years, in parts of northern and western Afghanistan) the most pressing concern to women and their families is the daily and constant violence. ❋ Matthew Hoh (2010)

Unfortunately, losing the right to choose reading materials for ourselves and our families is a reality in the United States. ❋ Roberta Stevens (2010)

Most of us believe the right to defend ourselves and our families is a God-given right, non-negotiable. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

A. Finding the POW survivors and their families is the real fruit of our work, and as long as they are happy, that is what brings me joy in all this - that is my real reward. ❋ Unknown (2009)

During the 2008 campaign, however, Obama promised to extend the Bush cuts for the "middle class," which he defined as families earning less than $250,000 and individuals earning less than $200,000. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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