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linhagem — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • generation noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
  • race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.

Senses

linhagem is used for these senses in English:

  • generation (now, US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
  • lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • race A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
  • strain (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.

generation — full definition

  1. noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
  2. noun One step in a family's line of descent, roughly the time it takes children to grow up and have their own.
  3. noun The act or process of producing or bringing something into being.
  4. noun A particular stage in the development of a technology or product line.

line — full definition

  1. noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  2. noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
  3. verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
  4. verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
  5. noun A telephone or other communication connection.

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