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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
family 
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 • • • 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 |
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