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Meaning of genealogy in English

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 / ˌdʒiː.niˈæl.ə.dʒi / us

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 / ˌdʒiː.niˈæl.ə.dʒi / Add to word list Add to word list [ U ] (the study of) the history of the past and present members of a family or families : genealogy of I became interested in the genealogy of my family . Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples your ancestors ancestor I discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court. forebear My forebears were enslaved and brought to this country. forefather I visited the land of my forefathers. ancestry DNA tests tell me that I have Central Asian ancestry. extraction My family is of Italian extraction. family tree Since many families will be gathering for the holiday, it's a perfect time to create a family tree. See more results » [ C ] a drawing showing the history of a family with all past and present members joined together by lines SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Family: ancestors & descendants ancestor ancestral ancestry be in the/ someone's blood idiom blood is thicker than water idiom descent distaff family tree forbear forebear genealogist generation generationally heraldic heraldically heraldry progenitor run in the family idiom sandwich generation successor See more results » (Definition of genealogy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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genealogy noun [ C/U ] us

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 / ˌdʒi·niˈɑl·ə·dʒi , -ˈæl- / Add to word list Add to word list the study of the history of the past and present members of a family , or a particular history of this type : [ C ] He has produced a genealogy of his family going back to 1732.

genealogical

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 / ˌdʒi·ni·əˈlɑdʒ·ɪ·kəl / (Definition of genealogy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of genealogy

genealogy Another approach was to refer to genealogies re-created by historians and enthusiasts. From the Cambridge English Corpus The linguist can often identify place names, genealogies, and even colloquial expressions that provide critical evidence of land rights and ownership deriving from traditional practices. From the Cambridge English Corpus Many hours spent poring over census forms and genealogies have served to remind me how soft 'hard' data can be. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nuclear gene genealogies reveal historical, demographic and selective factors associated with speciation in field crickets. From the Cambridge English Corpus He gave properties of the non-wandering set, traced the genealogies of the periodic points of period 5, and described their stability types and bifurcations. From the Cambridge English Corpus Examinations of surviving family genealogies and census-type materials have offered further insights into past demographic regimes and shattered some long-established beliefs. From the Cambridge English Corpus If they had no sons according to the genealogies, they would be assumed to have died at age 29. From the Cambridge English Corpus Again alternative genealogies and histories loom as something far more monstrous than demons that could be cast within a 'bad phase' of history or life. From the Cambridge English Corpus Several kinds of charts and diagrams are generally helpful, especially so the genealogies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Further information could come from linkage disequilibrium, or the concordance between linked genealogies. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, examining genealogies at linked loci could locate the sweep and separate all the parameters. From the Cambridge English Corpus Family genealogies have been rewritten, sometimes reaching back over a thousand years, to redefine the present kin group. From the Cambridge English Corpus On the other, the existence of interrelated families of genres was located within generic genealogies. From the Cambridge English Corpus The modern dimension of the colonies also went along with a close awareness of genealogies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Purist discourse is a ridiculous fantasy, but imagined origins, genealogies, and bloodlines are willfully and pridefully constructed in defiance of hegemonic official discourse. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of genealogy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of genealogy ? C1

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in Chinese (Traditional) 家譜（學），宗譜（學）, 家系，世系, 家譜圖，宗譜圖… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 家谱（学），宗谱（学）, 家系，世系, 家谱图，宗谱图… See more in Spanish genealogía, árbol genealógico, genograma… See more in Portuguese genealogia, árvore genealógica… See more in more languages in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian généalogie… See more soy, soyağacı, şecere… See more genealogie, stamboom… See more genealogie, rodokmen… See more genealogi, slægtsforskning, stamtræ… See more silsilah… See more ลำดับศักดิ์ของวงศ์ตระกูล, ผังลำดับศักดิ์ของวงศ์ตระกูล… See more phả hệ, sơ đồ phả hệ… See more genealogia… See more genealogi, salasilah… See more die Genealogie, der Stammbaum… See more slektsforskning, genealogi, stamtavle… See more генеалогія… See more Need a translator?

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