family grouping

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noun
  1. 1

    (countable) A group of individuals who are related by blood and/or by marriage.

  2. 2

    (countable) The method in which individuals are grouped together into families that live together.

  3. 3

    (countable) A group of family members who are posed together.

  4. 4

    (countable) A group of related items.

  5. 5

    (uncountable) The strategy of putting related inventory items together.

  6. 6

    (countable) A taxonomic grouping at the family level.

  7. 7

    (uncountable, UK) The system of grouping children of differing ages together, used primarily at the preschool level.