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How to sign: primary social group; parents and children
"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family";
Similiar / Same: family unit
Categories: clan, kin, kindred, kinship group, kin group, tribe
Within this category: couple, marriage, Marx Brothers
How to sign: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
"there are two classes of detergents";
Similiar / Same: category, class
Categories: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
Within this category: conjugation, declension, denomination, Diplopoda, grammatical category, Larvacea, Malacostraca, sex, stamp, substitution class
How to sign: a social unit living together
"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";
Similiar / Same: household, menage, house, home
Categories: social unit, unit
Within this category: extended family, foster family, foster home, menage a trois, nuclear family
How to sign: an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship";
Similiar / Same: fellowship
Categories: association
Within this category: koinonia
