Definitions for families

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families fam·i·ly

Spelling: [fam-uh-lee, fam-lee]

IPA: /ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li/

Families is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 275 anagrams from letters in families (aefiilms).

Definitions for families

noun

1. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for:
2. the children of one person or one couple collectively:
3. the spouse and children of one person:
4. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins:
5. all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
6. Chiefly British. approved lineage, especially noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry:
7. a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.
8. the staff, or body of assistants, of an official:
9. a group of related things or people:
10. a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together:
11. a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.
12. Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.
13. Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader.
14. Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Compare stock (def 12), subfamily (def 2).
15. Mathematics. a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation. a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter. a set.
16. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for:
17. the children of one person or one couple collectively:
18. the spouse and children of one person:
19. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins:
20. all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
21. Chiefly British. approved lineage, especially noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry:
22. a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.
23. the staff, or body of assistants, of an official:
24. a group of related things or people:
25. a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together:
26. a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.
27. Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.
28. Slang. a unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra operating in one area under a local leader.
29. Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty: Compare stock (def 12), subfamily (def 2).
30. Mathematics. a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation. a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter. a set.

Idioms

1. in a / the family way, pregnant.
2. in a / the family way, pregnant.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a family:
2. belonging to or used by a family:
3. suitable or appropriate for adults and children:
4. not containing obscene language:
5. of, relating to, or characteristic of a family:
6. belonging to or used by a family:
7. suitable or appropriate for adults and children:
8. not containing obscene language:

Origin of families

1350-1400; Middle English familie Latin familia a household, the slaves of a household, equivalent to famul(us) servant, slave + -ia -y³

Examples for families

While I have gathered foreign jewels, I have been ignorant of the gems in my own family.

Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

If the worst came, he could go West with the family and learn how to do something.

Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.

The trouble is that we've just had to cut that fine old New York family off our list.

Here, perchance, may be found a clue in symbol to the family strife.

No one of our kindred must enter the family of Pericles as a slave.

Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like family Guy, right?’

A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.

Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.

Maidens of the first families were selected to embroider the sacred peplus.

We want to give the families and the other cops, too, as clear a picture as we can.

families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.

In a land of great wealth, families must not live in hopeless poverty.

But news of the classes is spread mainly by word of mouth, and participants bring along their friends and families.

So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.

I—I think that's all—and I'm sorry we're not—our families are not to be friends any more.

There were sixty-four men, and sixteen or seventeen families.

The editors, writers, and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were human beings with families, friends, and loved ones.

The Father of families looks after his families—and his children too.