family

  • 1Family — Fam i*ly, n.; pl. {Families}. [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh[=a]man house, fr. dh[=a]to set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. {Do}, v. t., {Doom}, {Fact}, {Feat}.] 1. The collective body… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Family PC — was a computer magazine printed by Ziff Davis. It became defunct in the year 2002. The magazine itself covered a wide varieties of topics that applied to families. It would cover and review hardware based upon who it was meant for, it would… …

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  • 3family — I. noun (plural lies) Etymology: Middle English familie, from Latin familia household (including servants as well as kin of the householder), from famulus servant Date: 15th century 1. a group of individuals living under one roof and usually… …

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  • 4family — See: RUN IN THE BLOOD or RUN IN THE FAMILY, IN A FAMILY WAY …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5family — See: RUN IN THE BLOOD or RUN IN THE FAMILY, IN A FAMILY WAY …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6family — natural family at u*ral fam i*ly, n. (Biol.) a group of living organisms classed as a {family} in a toxonomic classification. [PJC] …

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  • 7Family therapy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 94.42 MeSH …

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  • 8Family farm — Family farm, Wisconsin. A family farm is a farm owned and operated by a family,[1] and often passed down from generation to generation. It is the basic unit of the mostly agricultural economy of much of human history and continues to be so in… …

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  • 9Family values — is a political and social concept used in various cultures to describe values that are believed to be traditional in that culture and in support of the idea that nuclear families are the basic units of culture. The phrase has different meanings… …

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  • 10Family Radio — (Family Stations Inc.) is a non commercial, 24 hour, listener supported, Christian radio religious broadcasting network in the United States, founded in 1959 by Harold Camping, also known as Brother Camping and is based in Oakland, California.… …

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