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{ "term": "family", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a group consisting of one or two parents and their children", "sensetop": "a family of four/five, etc", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I introduced Neil to the other **members of my family**." }, { "text": "The event promises games and fun for **the entire family**." }, { "text": "This is a summer movie for **the whole family**." }, { "text": "Every family has its own story to tell." }, { "text": "All my family enjoy skiing." }, { "text": "**one-parent**/**single-parent families**" }, { "text": "Taking a family of four to the cinema is expensive.", "contextForm": "a family of four/five, etc" }, { "text": "families with young children" }, { "text": "He's a **friend of the family** *(= he is known and liked by the parents and the children)*." }, { "text": "From early childhood he was a mystery to **the rest of his family**." }, { "text": "I barely earn enough money to pay my rent and **feed my family**." }, { "text": "She works tirelessly to **provide for her family**." }, { "text": "Her family has/have always supported her." }, { "text": "They help children to find placements with adoptive families." }, { "text": "It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families." }, { "text": "issues which create conflict within the family" }, { "text": "tax incentives for low-income families" }, { "text": "Many of our students come from less well-off families." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships", "Life stages"], "collocations": { "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"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relations", "sensetop": "in a familyoutside a family", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party." }, { "text": "The support of **family and friends** is vital." }, { "text": "We've only told the **immediate family** *(= the closest relations)*." }, { "text": "**the royal family** *(= the children and close relations of the king or queen)*" }, { "text": "I always think of you as **one of the family**." }, { "text": "There are a lot of girls in our family.", "contextForm": "in a family" }, { "text": "Nobody outside his family knew that he had a daughter.", "contextForm": "outside a family" }, { "text": "We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost **part of the family**." }, { "text": "She's family *(= she is a relation)*." }, { "text": "We have family in France." }, { "text": "My family always tells/tell me what they think." }, { "text": "We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises." }, { "text": "a helpline set up to counsel bereaved families" }, { "text": "These problems occur in all families." }, { "text": "She grew up in a military family." }, { "text": "She married into a wealthy family." }, { "text": "The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships"], "collocations": { "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"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "all the people who are related to each other, including those who are now dead", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years." }, { "text": "This painting has **been in our family** for generations." }, { "text": "He belonged to an aristocratic family." }, { "text": "She is of Muslim heritage on her father's **side of the family**." }, { "text": "My family has/have always lived here." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships"], "collocations": { "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"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a couple’s or a person’s children, especially young children", "labels": "(especially US English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They have a large family." }, { "text": "I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family." }, { "text": "Do they plan to **start a family** *(= have children)*?" }, { "text": "This is a wonderful place to **raise a family**." }, { "text": "She brought up a family of six children on her own." }, { "text": "She chose to stop work to have a family." }, { "text": "My family is/are a lively bunch." }, { "text": "They got married last year and plan to start a family soon." }, { "text": "Average family size has decreased since the Victorian era." }, { "text": "parents with young families" }, { "text": "I always wanted to have a large family." }, { "text": "It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["large", "small", "young"], "verb + family": ["have", "start", "bring up"], "family + noun": ["size", "man"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a group into which animals, plants, etc. that have similar characteristics are divided, smaller than an order and larger than a genus", "sensetop": "family of something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Lions **belong to the** cat **family**." }, { "text": "This bird is a **member of the** crow **family**." }, { "text": "Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants.", "contextForm": "family of something" } ], "topics": ["Animals"] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a group of related languages", "examples": [ { "text": "the Germanic family of languages" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(to be/become) pregnant", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be a common feature in a particular family", "examples": [ { "text": "Heart disease runs in the family." }, { "text": "a medical condition which runs in the family" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈfæməli/", "audio": "fa/family/family__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈfæməli/", "audio": "fa/family/family__us_2_rr.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late 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’." }