parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not.
2.
the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
3.
the spouse and
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children of one person: We're taking the family on vacation next week.
4.
any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: to marry into a socially prominent family.
5.
all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
6.
Chiefly British. approved lineage, esp. noble, titled, famous, or wealthy ancestry: young men of family.
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: the office family.
9.
a group of related things or people: the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.
10.
a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together: Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.
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: Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austro
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Mathematics.
a.
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.
b.
a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter.
c.
a set.
–adjective
16.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a family: a family trait.
17.
belonging to or used by a family: a family automobile; a family room.
18.
suitable or appropriate for adults and children: a family amusement park.
19.
not containing obscene language: a family newspaper.
any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole.
3.
a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the Communist party.
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Biology. a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic material enclosed by a semipermeable membrane and, in plants, a cell wall; the basic structural unit of all organisms.
5.
Entomology. one of the areas into which the wing of an insect is divided by the veins.
Also called electrolytic cell.Physical Chemistry. a device for producing electrolysis, consisting essentially of the electrolyte, its container, and the electrodes.
9.
Aeronautics. the gas container of a balloon.
10.
Ecclesiastical. a monastery or nunnery, usually small, dependent on a larger religious house.
a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
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a design or scheme of arrangement: an elaborate plan for seating guests.
3.
a specific project or definite purpose: plans for the future.
4.
Also called plan view.a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal section of a structure or a machine, as a floor layout of a building.
5.
a representation of a thing drawn on a plane, as a map or diagram: a plan of the dock area.
6.
(in perspective drawing) one of several planes in front of a represented object, and perpendicular to the line between the object and the eye.
7.
a formal program for specified benefits, needs, etc.: a pension plan.
–verb (used with object)
8.
to arrange a method or scheme beforehand for (any work, enterprise, or proceeding): to plan a new recreation center.
9.
to make plans for: to plan one's vacation.
10.
to draw or make a diagram or layout of, as a building.
–verb (used without object)
11.
to make plans: to plan ahead; to plan for one's retirement.
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