Engelsk navneord: family | |||
1. | family (om gruppe) a social unit living together | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He moved his family to Virginia. It was a good Christian household. I waited until the whole house was asleep. The teacher asked how many people made up his home. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | home, house, household, menage | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | social unit, unit | ||
Mere specifikke termer | broken home, conjugal family, extended family, foster family, foster home, menage a trois, nuclear family | ||
2. | family (om gruppe) primary social group; parents and children | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He wanted to have a good job before starting a family. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | family unit | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe | ||
Mere specifikke termer | couple, man and wife, marriage, married couple, match, mates | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Bronte sisters, Marx Brothers | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | child, kid, parent, sib, sibling | ||
3. | family (om gruppe) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | There are two classes of detergents. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | category, class | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Mere specifikke termer | brass family, conjugation, declension, denomination, grammatical category, histocompatibility complex, paradigm, sex, stamp, substitution class, syntactic category, violin family, woodwind family | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | superphylum | ||
4. | family (om gruppe) people descended from a common ancestor | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | ||
Mere specifikke termer | dynasty, gens, homefolk, house, name, people | ||
5. | family (om person) a person having kinship with another or others | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He's kin. He's family. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | kin, kinsperson | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | relation, relative | ||
Mere specifikke termer | affine | ||
6. | family (om gruppe) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Sharks belong to the fish family. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | ||
Mere specifikke termer | amphibian family, arthropod family, bacteria family, bird family, Bittacidae, chordate family, coelenterate family, ctenophore family, dicot family, echinoderm family, Endamoebidae, family Bittacidae, family Endamoebidae, family Panorpidae, fern family, Filoviridae, fish family, form family, fungus family, liliopsid family, magnoliopsid family, mammal family, mollusk family, monocot family, moss family, Panorpidae, plant family, protoctist family, reptile family, worm family | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, genus, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, subfamily, Togaviridae, tribe | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | order | ||
Overordnet emneområde | biological science, biology | ||
7. | family (om gruppe) a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | crime syndicate, mob, syndicate | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | gangdom, gangland, organized crime | ||
Mere specifikke termer | Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia | ||
8. | family (om gruppe) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family. The church welcomed new members into its fellowship. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | fellowship | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | association | ||
Mere specifikke termer | koinonia | ||