Family
Meaning
A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
Pronunciation
UK ˈfæməli
US ˈfæməli
Example Sentences
- Walmart is a family-owned business that was founded in 1962 by Sam [Walton] in Rogers, Arkansas.
- Each of these [Walton] family members are worth more than $30 billion EACH.
- In respect to charities and giving back, the [Walton] family is worth as much as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined.
- It is a large park-like area located in the [Chiyoda] ward of Tokyo and contains buildings including the main palace, the private residences of the Imperial Family, an archive, museums and administrative offices.
- The Stevia plant belongs to the chrysanthemum family and is native to Paraguay.
- His family was very poor.
- When [Lincoln] was seven years old, his family moved to [Indiana].
- [There's] also no single collective noun for them - if [there's] a group of otters on the water they are called a raft, but if [they're] on land they can be called a bevy, family, romp, or lodge!
- If someone else didn't make the hoes and the rakes and the tractors that your family uses, you [wouldn't] be able to produce all that food.
- [They're] actually part of the weasel family, but [they're] the only ones that swim!
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