lineage (noun)

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• lineage — ► NOUN 1) ancestry or pedigree. 2) Biology a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor …   English terms dictionary

• lineage — I noun ancestors, ancestry, antecedents, blood relatives, bloodline, clan, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, forefathers, genealogy, gens, genus, line, line of descent, origin, origo, parentage, progenitors, stirps II index aff …   Law dictionary

• lineage — noun /ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/ a) Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region b) A number of lines of …   Wiktionary

• lineage — noun (C, U) formal the way in which members of a family are descended descend from other members: a family of ancient lineage …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• lineage — noun tracing his paternal lineage Syn: ancestry, family, parentage, birth, descent, line, extraction, derivation, genealogy, roots, origin, background; stock, bloodline, breeding, pedigree …   Thesaurus of popular words

• lineage — UK [ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms lineage : singular lineage plural lineages formal the people in your family who lived in the past, especially when you come from a rich or important family Despite his lineage and… …   English dictionary

• lineage — [ lɪnɪɪdʒ] noun 1》 descent from an ancestor or ancestors: a noble of ancient lineage. 2》 Biology a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor. Origin ME: from OFr. lignage, from L. linea (see line1) …   English new terms dictionary

• lineage — I. /ˈlɪniɪdʒ / (say lineeij) noun 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction. 2. the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; a family; a people. {line(al) + age; replacing Middle English linage, from Old French lignage, from …  

• lineage — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. descent in a line from a common progenitor b. derivation 2. a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor; especially such a group of persons whose common ancestor is regarded as its founder II.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lineage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ancestry, family, pedigree, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. forefathers, ancestors, genealogy, progenitors; see family 1 , heredity . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. descent, ancestry, stock,… …   English dictionary for students

• lineage — lin|e|age [ lıniıdʒ ] noun count or uncount FORMAL the people in your family who lived in the past …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English