Lineage - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ|  American pronunciation of the word lineage
Brit.  |ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ|  British pronunciation of the word lineage

noun

- the descendants of one individual (syn: ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock)
his entire lineage has been warriors
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors (syn: descent, filiation)
- the number of lines in a piece of printed material (syn: linage)
- a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted (syn: linage)
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline (syn: ancestry, derivation, filiation)

Extra examples

...his Italian lineage was very important to him...

...it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members...

...could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century...

The family claims an august lineage.

Word forms

noun
singular: lineage
plural: lineages
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