family

noun

/ˈfæməli/

(plural families)

Idioms

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[countable + singular or plural verb] a group consisting of one or two parents and their children
- I introduced Neil to the other members of my family.
- The event promises games and fun for the entire family.
- This is a summer movie for the whole family.
- Every family has its own story to tell.
- All my family enjoy skiing.
- one-parent/single-parent families
- a family of four/five, etc Taking a family of four to the cinema is expensive.
- families with young children
- He's a friend of the family (= he is known and liked by the parents and the children).
- From early childhood he was a mystery to the rest of his family.
- He barely earns enough money to pay his rent and feed his family.
- She works tirelessly to provide for her family.
see also blended family, nuclear family
Wordfinder
- adopt
- child
- family
- generation
- heir
- in-laws
- parent
- relation
- stepfamily
- surrogate mother
Extra Examples
- They help find emotionally damaged children placements with adoptive families.
- It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families.
- issues which create conflict within the family
- tax incentives for low-income families
- Many of our students come from poor families.
Topics Family and relationshipsa1, Life stagesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- entire
- …
verb + family
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
family + noun
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
preposition
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
phrases
- family and friends
- a member of a family
See full entry
[countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relations
- All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.
- The support of family and friends is vital.
- We've only told the immediate family (= the closest relations).
- the royal family (= the children and close relations of the king or queen)
- I always think of you as one of the family.
- in a family There are a lot of girls in our family.
- outside a family Nobody outside his family knew that he had a daughter.
- We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family.
- (informal) She's family (= she is a relation).
- We have family in France.
see also extended family, first family, joint family, the royal family
Extra Examples
- We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
- a helpline set up to counsel bereaved families
- a counselling agency to help bereaved families
- These problems occur in all families.
- She grew up in a military family.
- She married into a wealthy family.
- The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family.
Topics Family and relationshipsa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- entire
- …
verb + family
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
family + noun
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
preposition
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
phrases
- family and friends
- a member of a family
See full entry
[countable + singular or plural verb] all the people who are related to each other, including those who are now dead
- Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.
- This painting has been in our family for generations.
- He belonged to an aristocratic family.
- She has Muslim heritage on her father's side of the family.
Topics Family and relationshipsa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- entire
- …
verb + family
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
family + noun
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
preposition
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
phrases
- family and friends
- a member of a family
See full entry
[countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a couple’s or a person’s children, especially young children
- They have a large family.
- I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family.
- Do they plan to start a family (= have children)?
- This is a wonderful place to raise a family.
- She brought up a family of six children on her own.
- She chose to stop work to have a family.
Collocations Children
ChildrenHaving a baby/child
- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Extra Examples
- They got married last year and plan to start a family soon.
- Average family size has decreased since the Victorian era.
- parents with young families
- I always wanted to have a large family.
- It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- large
- small
- young
- …
verb + family
- have
- start
- bring up
- …
family + noun
- size
- man
See full entry
[countable] a group into which animals, plants, etc. that have similar characteristics are divided, smaller than an order and larger than a genus
- Lions belong to the cat family.
- This bird is a member of the crow family.
- family of something Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants.
Topics Animalsa2
a group of related languages
- the Germanic family of languages
see also word family

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3); also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.

Idioms

(be/get) in the family way

(old-fashioned, informal) (to be/become) pregnant

run in the family

to be a common feature in a particular family
- Heart disease runs in the family.
- a medical condition which runs in the family

单词	family
释义	family noun /ˈfæməli/ /ˈfæməli/ (plural families) Idioms jump to other results [countable + singular or plural verb] a group consisting of one or two parents and their children I introduced Neil to the other members of my family. The event promises games and fun for the entire family. This is a summer movie for the whole family. Every family has its own story to tell. All my family enjoy skiing. one-parent/single-parent families a family of four/five, etc Taking a family of four to the cinema is expensive. families with young children He's a friend of the family (= he is known and liked by the parents and the children). From early childhood he was a mystery to the rest of his family. He barely earns enough money to pay his rent and feed his family. She works tirelessly to provide for her family. see also blended family, nuclear family Wordfinder adopt child family generation heir in-laws parent relation stepfamily surrogate mother Extra Examples They help find emotionally damaged children placements with adoptive families. It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families. issues which create conflict within the family tax incentives for low-income families Many of our students come from poor families. Topics Family and relationshipsa1, Life stagesa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big large entire … verb + family belong to be one of be part of … family + noun background history tradition … preposition in a/the family within a/the family phrases family and friends a member of a family See full entry [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relations All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party. The support of family and friends is vital. We've only told the immediate family (= the closest relations). the royal family (= the children and close relations of the king or queen) I always think of you as one of the family. in a family There are a lot of girls in our family. outside a family Nobody outside his family knew that he had a daughter. We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family. (informal) She's family (= she is a relation). We have family in France. see also extended family, first family, joint family, the royal family Extra Examples We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises. a helpline set up to counsel bereaved families a counselling agency to help bereaved families These problems occur in all families. She grew up in a military family. She married into a wealthy family. The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family. Topics Family and relationshipsa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big large entire … verb + family belong to be one of be part of … family + noun background history tradition … preposition in a/the family within a/the family phrases family and friends a member of a family See full entry [countable + singular or plural verb] all the people who are related to each other, including those who are now dead Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years. This painting has been in our family for generations. He belonged to an aristocratic family. She has Muslim heritage on her father's side of the family. Topics Family and relationshipsa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big large entire … verb + family belong to be one of be part of … family + noun background history tradition … preposition in a/the family within a/the family phrases family and friends a member of a family See full entry [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a couple’s or a person’s children, especially young children They have a large family. I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. Do they plan to start a family (= have children)? This is a wonderful place to raise a family. She brought up a family of six children on her own. She chose to stop work to have a family. Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child want a baby/a child/kids start a family conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child miss your period become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor have/suffer/cause a miscarriage give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins Parenting bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave go back/return to work after maternity leave need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life educate/teach/home-school a child/kid punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid adopt a baby/child/kid offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption (especially British English) foster a child/kid be placed with/be raised by foster parents Extra Examples They got married last year and plan to start a family soon. Average family size has decreased since the Victorian era. parents with young families I always wanted to have a large family. It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective large small young … verb + family have start bring up … family + noun size man See full entry [countable] a group into which animals, plants, etc. that have similar characteristics are divided, smaller than an order and larger than a genus Lions belong to the cat family. This bird is a member of the crow family. family of something Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants. Topics Animalsa2 a group of related languages the Germanic family of languages see also word family Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3); also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’. Idioms (be/get) in the family way (old-fashioned, informal) (to be/become) pregnant run in the family to be a common feature in a particular family Heart disease runs in the family. a medical condition which runs in the family family adjective /ˈfæməli/ /ˈfæməli/ [only before noun] jump to other results connected with the family or a particular family family life The job was starting to affect his family life. your family background Only close family members called her 'Sally'. a family friend (= a friend of the whole family) family ties/connections It's a family tradition. She has become interested in her family history. He has a family history of heart disease. Extra Examples Do you know anything about her family background? The job wouldn't really fit in with my family commitments. In 1941 he carried on the family tradition and enlisted in the army. They prefer to stay in their home country because of family ties. a good family man, completely devoted to his wife and kids a family history of heart disease owned by a family They had to sell the family home. a family business the family car She had to sell the family jewels in order to pay off her gambling debts. suitable for all members of a family, both adults and children a family show family entertainment Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3); also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.
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