FCCLA

Noun

family (countable and uncountable, plural families)

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.
   • Our family lives in town.
   1. (collective) A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species.
2. An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
3. A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
   • The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
4. (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
   • I have a lot of family in Australia.
5. A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
   • crime family, Mafia family

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