Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth 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.
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.
Wiktionary
- 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
WordNet 3.0
- 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
Etymologies
- Middle English linage, lineage, from Old French lignage, from ligne, line; see line1.
Examples
“ECW is an abomination, but that's only because, technically, it's supposed to be the continuation of the old fed - at least as far as the title lineage was concerned.”
“· The new title lineage feature allows you to pre-set histories for any championship in the game, allowing wrestler's old title reigns to be recognized.”
“The new title lineage feature allows you to pre-set histories for any championship in the game, allowing wrestler's old title reigns to be recognized.”
“So of course the official Japanese lineage is entirely male.”
“The singular “they”: Its lineage is more distinguished than you might think [...]”
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar
“I suspect that there is a direct lineage from the SR polemics of the 30s to the debates in kids books today -- this is Julia Mickenberg territory.”
“Our lineage is about operating in the personal realm, while the men take care of the political, civic, global.”
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“In an instant, the artifice falls and a lineage is traced.”
“That Loony Toons lineage is in evidence here, but so is a certain elegant 1940s line of the sort unlikely to penetrate that thoroughly middle-American institution.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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Groups
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The -ages of Man(-age)
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manage, salvage, selvadge, savage, voyage, umbrage, entourage, homage, carriage, marriage, language, potage and 123 more...
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