Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with family in American Collocation
family
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
poor
The grant is awarded to students from low-income families.
rich
He came from a wealthy family.
having two parents living together
Unfortunately, the report concludes that many fathers in two-parent families have low involvement with their children’s education.
where one parent is reponsible for the family
One-parent families still have the greatest risk of poverty of any family type.
loving and caring
We are a very close-knit family and spend a lot of time together.
having problems
I was a lonely young man from a dysfunctional family.
including aunts, uncles, cousins etc
Balinese communities function more like large, extended families than the disconnected societies of the West.
including just parents and children
This is a free confidential help line, which is available to all staff and their immediate family.
There is a decline in the number of traditional nuclear families.
big
Ann then married Thomas Kennedy and had a large family.
when a child has been adopted or is being cared for by a family that is not its own
We are always looking for adoptive families for children aged between four and nine.
She lived with various foster families in the 1980s.
feed, clothe, educate etc children
Most of the group were widows, many struggling to support large families.
have children
In the past, women gave up their jobs when they started a family.