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noun
Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Relation or connection by nature or character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: affinity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: rapport, resonance, sympathy
noun
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: family relationship, relationship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: affinity, phylogenetic relation, descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation, consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation, parentage, birth, fatherhood, paternity, motherhood, maternity, sisterhood, sistership, brotherhood, marital relationship, marital bed
History
Etymology tree English kin Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English kinship From kin + -ship.
Across languages
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
