Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Line of descent from an ancestor; hence, family; race; stock.
- noun Synonyms Genealogy, etc. (see
pedigree ), birth, extraction, ancestry, family, descent. - noun Same as
linage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Descent in aline from a commonprogenitor ;progeny ;race ; descending line ofoffspring or ascending line ofparentage . - noun advertising A number of
lines oftext in acolumn .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- noun the descendants of one individual
- noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- noun a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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The number one issue that drives deals in our model in our business is what we call lineage transition issues-estate planning, death, disability, disease, divorce-those are the kinds of things where there is something going on within the ownership, and that's why most deals that we close, we've been talking to for four, five, six, seven years of relationship building and know what is transpiring within the ownership of that company.
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· 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.
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· 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.
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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.
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· 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.
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The singular “they”: Its lineage is more distinguished than you might think [...]
Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar
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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.
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Our lineage is about operating in the personal realm, while the men take care of the political, civic, global.
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So of course the official Japanese lineage is entirely male.
Norman Fischer: For Full Inclusion of Women in American Soto Zen Buddhism and All Religions
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