Usually means: Relatives beyond immediate nuclear household.
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  1. extended family: Merriam-Webster
  2. extended family: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. extended family: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. extended family: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. extended-family: Wordnik
  7. extended family: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. extended family: Wiktionary
  9. extended family: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. extended family: Infoplease Dictionary
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  12. Extended family: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. extended family: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. extended family: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Extended family, Family, extended: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  1. extended family: Anthropological Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (extended family)

▸ noun:  A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.

Similar:
family, immediate family, family unit, extended household, relation, famly, joint family, godfamily, family member, people, more...

Opposite:
nuclear family

Types:
in-laws, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, nieces, nephews, siblings, more...

Phrases:
extended family therapy, extended family stereotype, more...

Adjectives:
kindred, lineal, collateral, familiar, akin, consanguine, related, sib, familial, kin, natural

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Similar:
family, immediate family, family unit, extended household, relation, famly, joint family, godfamily, family member, people, more...

Opposite:
nuclear family

Types:
in-laws, cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, nieces, nephews, siblings, more...

Phrases:
extended family therapy, extended family stereotype, more...

Adjectives:
kindred, lineal, collateral, familiar, akin, consanguine, related, sib, familial, kin, natural



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