families meaning

Definition of families in English Dictionary

• NounBFfamilySUF-ies
  1. plural of family.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • Our family has been putting food by for generations.
     • Choanoflagellates and apusozoa possess a second family of genes that encode a single granulin module linked to a larger protein, as seen also in plants.
     • They concluded that coprisin could be a model molecule for a large family of novel AMPs possessing apoptotic activities [ 70 ].
  2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
     • Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.
     • Family affiliations are indicated for nonpinniped species.
     • Families doing it tough will receive more assistance from the government.
  3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • We're making conditions unsafe for children and also creating a situation where there's more unemployment for working families.
     • The main components of the diterpenic fraction are acids indicating a resin from a plant belonging to the conifer family.
     • At low collision energies, most reflective of nonperturbed conformations, all forms of the protein exist in a single conformational family.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Noun forms
       • Plurals
         • Plurals ending in "-ies"
       • Noun plural forms
         • Plurals ending in "-ies"
     • Nouns with common ending formations
       • Plurals ending in "-ies"

Other Vocabulary

1. en famblies
2. en familied
3. fr familles
4. fr familier
5. en framilies