{
    "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’."
}