Advertisement
Advertisement
extended family
[ ik-sten-did fam-uh-lee, fam lee ]
noun
- a kinship group consisting of a family nucleus and various relatives, as grandparents, usually living in one household and functioning as a larger unit. Compare immediate family ( def ), nuclear family ( def ).
- (loosely) one's family conceived of as including aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and sometimes close friends and colleagues.
extended family
noun
- sociol anthropol a social unit that contains the nuclear family together with blood relatives, often spanning three or more generations
extended family
- A type of family in which relatives in addition to parents and children (such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) live in a single household. A nuclear family forms the core of an extended family.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of extended family1
Compare Meanings
How does extended family compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
“I have a lot of friends and other extended family that will, for sure, come. So I have to scramble for some more tickets,†Rodman said.
A fourth-generation Angeleno, Mantle was born to teenage parents, an only child nurtured by an extended family that encouraged curiosity and independence.
As the former wife of Donald Trump's eldest son, Vanessa had been a regular attendee at official events involving Trump's extended family during his first term in office.
Playgroups and nurseries also shut, with parents of babies and toddlers isolated from their extended family.
I didn't come out to a lot of my family until just before “Queer Eye†came out, then everyone in the extended family found out once the show dropped.
Advertisement
Related ˜yÐÄvlogs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse