Lineage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry.
  • n. Derivation.
  • n. The descendants of a common ancestor considered to be the founder of the line.
  • n. Variant of linage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • n. A number of lines of text in a column.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Line of descent from an ancestor; hence, family; race; stock.
  • n. Synonyms Genealogy, etc. (see pedigree), birth, extraction, ancestry, family, descent.
  • n. Same as linage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the number of lines in a piece of printed material
  • n. the descendants of one individual
  • n. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
  • n. a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
  • n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    number    rate    charge per unit   
    Cross Reference
    genealogy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    progeny    race    descent    family    ancestry   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    progenitor    ancestry    pedigree    parentage    precursor    heritage    ancestor    differentiation    descent    T cell