| NOUN | group | lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | the descendants of one individual |
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| relation | lineage, descent, line of descent, filiation | the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | |
| quantity | lineage, linage | the number of lines in a piece of printed material | |
| possession | lineage, linage | a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | |
| attribute | lineage, ancestry, derivation, filiation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| Sounds | lih'niyahjh | |
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| Rhymes | acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... | |
| Meaning | The descendants of one individual. | |
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| Example | "his entire lineage has been warriors" | |
| Synonyms | line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | |
| Narrower | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry | People descended from a common ancestor |
| side | A family line of descent | |
| Broader | genealogy, family tree | successive generations of kin |
| Spanish | abolengo, árbol genealógico, ascendencia, casta, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, línea de descendencia, línea de sangre, línea, origen, parentela, parentesco, pedigrí, saga, sangre | |
| Catalan | descendència, estirp, llinatge, nissaga, origen, pedigrí | |
| Meaning | The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. | |
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| Synonyms | descent, line of descent, filiation | |
| Narrower | bilateral descent | line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family |
| unilateral descent | line of descent traced through one side of the family | |
| Broader | kinship, family relationship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption |
| Spanish | linaje | |
| Catalan | llinatge | |
| Meaning | The number of lines in a piece of printed material. | |
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| Synonym | linage | |
| Broader | number | A concept of quantity involving zero and units |
| Meaning | A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted. | |
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| Synonym | linage | |
| Broader | rate, charge per unit | Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis |
| Meaning | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline. | |
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| Synonyms | ancestry, derivation, filiation | |
| Attributes | crossbred | Bred from parents of different varieties or species |
| purebred | Bred for many generations from member of a recognized / recognized breed or strain | |
| Narrower | origin, descent, extraction | Properties attributable to your ancestry |
| pedigree, bloodline | ancestry of a purebred animal | |
| Broader | inheritance, hereditary pattern | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents |
| Spanish | abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, linaje | |
| Catalan | ascendència, estirp, llinatge | |
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