noun A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Our family lives in town.
noun A group of related animals, usually a mother and offspring, a mating pair or larger lineages in some species.
noun An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
noun A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
noun Members of one's family collectively.
I have a lot of family in Australia.
noun A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
crime family, Mafia family
noun The gay community.
noun Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.