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Meaning of Lineage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  2. A number of lines of text in a column.
  3. A fee or rate paid per line of text.

Equivalents

العربية النسب سلالة نسب
Azərbaycanca nəsil soy
Български прои́зход
Bosanski loza rod soj лоза сој
Català llinatge
Čeština rod
Cymraeg achau tras
Ελληνικά γενεαλογία
Español alcurnia estirpe linaje prosapia
Euskara narea
فارسی تبار
Gaeilge ginealach líne
Galego fruxe liñaxe
עברית יחס
Bahasa Indonesia garis keturunan zuriah
Italiano discendenza lignaggio righe stirpe
한국어 가계 가문
Kurdî nesil
Te Reo Māori kaha
Bahasa Melayu zuriat
Српски loza rod soj лоза породица сој
Svenska härstamning
Kiswahili kizazi
Українська походження родові́д
Tiếng Việt dòng dõi

Examples

“Theſe Anius Ueres [Marcus Annius Verus, father of Marcus Aurelius] was a lygnage, that auanced them to be deſcẽded [descended] of Numa Pompilio, and of Quintꝰ [Quintus] Curtius the famous Romayn: […]”
“Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, / Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,”
“[…]; and therefore they were to me now no more than if they had never been of my Linage; […]”
“Accept this welcome to the Spartan court; / The waſte of nature let the feaſt repair, / Then your high lineage and your names declare: / Say from what ſcepter'd anceſtry ye claim, / Recorded eminent in deathleſs fame?”
“To counterbalance those foreign centinels^([sic]), there mounted guard on the other side of the mirror two stout warders of Scottish lineage; […]”
““Ah, but these hens,” answered the young man,—“these hens of aristocratic lineage would scorn to understand the vulgar language of a barn-yard fowl. I prefer to think—and so would Miss Hepzibah—that they recognize the family tone. For you are a Pyncheon?””
“To produce Tess, fresh from the dairy, as a d’Urberville and a lady, he had felt to be temerarious and risky; hence he had concealed her lineage till such time as, familiarized with worldly ways by a few months’ travel and reading with him, he could take her on a visit to his parents and impart the knowledge while triumphantly producing her as worthy of such an ancient line. It was a pretty lover’s dream, if no more. Perhaps Tess’s lineage had more value for himself than for anybody in the world beside.”
“They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.”
“Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.”
“Data lineage is not a new concept, but modern business requirements far outstrip the siloed, limited features of the past. […] The demand for data lineage comes from both technical and business users, including data architects, data engineers, data stewards, analysts and data scientists, as well as business managers, compliance professionals, and technical specialists.”
“Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region”
“These are mere excerpts of longer pieces by Sullivan on Boy George, and I have left out more pieces because of the limits of space. Let me add, the lineage in Sullivan's column devoted to Boy George in 1984 exceeds the lineage in the rest of the Herald devoted to all news of gays and lesbians in the same period of time.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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