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fam‧i‧ly S1 W1 /ˈfæməli/ BrE AmE noun (plural families)
[Word Family: noun: ↑familiarity ≠ ↑unfamiliarity, ↑family, ↑familiarization; adjective: ↑familiar ≠ ↑unfamiliar, ↑familial; verb: ↑familiarize; adverb: ↑familiarly]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: familia 'people living in a house', from famulus 'servant']

1. CLOSELY RELATED GROUP [countable] a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, a father, and their children:
Do you know the family next door?
The Webb family still has its farm over there.
[also + plural verb] British English:
The family now live in London.
This house isn’t big enough for a family of seven.
2. ALL YOUR RELATIONS [C,U also + plural verb BrE] all the people you are related to, including those who are now dead:
I’m moving to Detroit because I have some family there.
My family come from Scotland originally.
in sb’s family
That painting has been in our family (=been owned by our family) for 200 years.
Asthma runs in the family (=is common in the family).
3. CHILDREN [countable] children:
Couples with young families wouldn’t want to live here.
They’re getting married next year, and hope to start a family (=have children) straight away.
bring up/raise a family
the problems of bringing up a family on a very low income
4. family size/pack etc a container or package containing a large amount of a product
5. GROUP OF ANIMALS/THINGS [countable] technical a group of related animals, plants, languages etc
the cat/parrot/squirrel etc family
The cat family includes lions and tigers.
Spanish and Italian are part of the Romance language family.
6. she’s/he’s family informal used to emphasize your connection with someone who is related to you
7. in the family way old-fashioned ↑pregnant
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meanings 1 & 2)
adjectives
▪ the whole family We invited the whole family round.
▪ all the family This is a game which all the family can enjoy.
▪ somebody's immediate family (=closest relations) What if one of your immediate family were disabled?
▪ somebody's extended family (=including not only parents and children, but also grandparents, aunts etc) She gets a lot of help from her extended family.
▪ a large/small family She came from a large family of seven children.
▪ a one-parent/single-parent family One in seven families is a one-parent family.
▪ the nuclear family (=a family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children) Not everyone lives in a typical nuclear family.
▪ close/close-knit family (=spending a lot of time together and supporting each other) Laura's family are very close.
▪ the Royal family (=the king or queen and their family) The Royal Family have large estates in Scotland.
▪ the Smith/Jones/Brown etc family The Smith family are living in temporary accommodation.
family + NOUN
▪ a family member/a member of the family The event was attended by many of his family members, including his children and grandchildren.
▪ somebody's family background He comes from a stable family background.
▪ a family history Is there a family history of heart disease?
▪ family life Some people believe that television is destroying family life.
▪ a family unit the breakup of the traditional family unit
▪ somebody's family home (=where someone's family live and where they lived as a child) Her family home is in a village outside Derry.
▪ a family business (=one run by members of a family) My parents expected me to join the family business.
▪ a family car (=one designed for families with children) It's a practical family car that is also fun to drive.
▪ a family holiday British English, a family vacation AmE: Most of our family holidays were spent in the south of France.
▪ a family resemblance (=when members of the same family look like each other) There's a strong family resemblance between all the sisters.
COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'my family is five', 'my family is five members/people', or 'my family is of five members/people'. Say there are five people in my family.

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family
A family is a group of related people.

◎	['fæmili]
※	danh từ
	■	gia đình, gia quyến
		☆	a large family
			gia đình đông con
	■	con cái trong gia đình
	■	dòng dõi, gia thế
	■	chủng tộc
	■	(sinh vật học), (ngôn ngữ học) họ
	〆	in a family way
		✓	tự nhiên như người trong nhà
		✓	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) có mang
	〆	in the family way
		✓	có mang
	〆	happy family
		✓	thú khác loại nhốt chung một chuồng
	〆	to run in the family
		✓	là đặc điểm lưu truyền trong gia đình
	〆	to start a family
		✓	bắt đầu sinh con đẻ cái