Family

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 49 v.2

      Main Definitions

1. family 1 |n| |pl: families| a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
2. "He comes from a family of eight children."
3. family 2 |n| a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage: friends and family can provide support.
4. "Only her immediate family knew she had hear disease."
5. family 3 |n| a person or people related to one and so to be treated with a special loyalty or intimacy.
6. "I grew up in a large family in the South."
7. family 4 |n| a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, father, and their children all living together.
8. stone family 1 |n| founding family; consider pioneer.
9. “The Washington’s are an American Stone Family.”
10. stone family 2  |n| a strong and solid family.

     More Relative

1. background |n| the type of family and social class that you grew up in.
   
2. "Most of his friends were from similar middle-class backgrounds."
3. "In our class we have children of all different religious and ethnic backgrounds."
4. "Do you know anything about her family background."
5. family member |n| a person who belongs to a (particular) family; a (close) relative.
6. "Friends and family member recognized that something was wrong."
7. heraldry |n| the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies.
8. genealogy |n| successive generations of kin.
9. kinship |n| blood relationship.
10. "Likewise there is no established framework of social relations, such as kinship, which people can be slotted into."
11. marriage / matrimony / union / spousal relationship / wedlock |n| a legally accepted relationship between a woman and a man in which they live as husband and wife, or the official ceremony which results in this.
12. "They had a long and happy marriage."
13. wedding 1 / marriage / marriage ceremony |n| the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony.
14. “Their marriage was conducted in the chapel.”
15. widowhood |n| the state or period of being a widow or widower.
16. "Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood."

      Related Posts

1. Family Roots
2. Genealogy
3. Family Classification
4. Marriage
5. Kinship
6. Age of People
7. Singleness
8. Dating
9. Engagement
10. Weddings
11. Widowhood

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