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- Dictionarytribe/trʌɪb/
noun
- 1. a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader: "indigenous Indian tribes" Similar
- 2. a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).
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The meaning of TRIBE is a social group composed chiefly of numerous families, clans, or generations having a shared ancestry and language. How to use tribe in a sentence.
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities: a tribe of Amazonian Indians. the Masai tribe. informal. a large family or other group that someone belongs to:
Tribes of Madhya Pradesh, India Men of the Shkreli tribe at the feast of Saint Nicholas at Bzheta in Shkreli territory, Albania, 1908. The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology.
Tribe definition: any group of people, typically a subdivision of a nation or an ethnic group, that is united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, shared customs and traditions, recognition of the same leader or leaders, etc.; a group of related clans. See examples of TRIBE used in a sentence.
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities: a tribe of Amazonian Indians. the Masai tribe. informal. a large family or other group that someone belongs to:
You can use tribe to refer to a group of people who are all doing the same thing or who all behave in the same way.
A tribe is a traditional social group of people. Most tribes have existed much longer than existing states and countries. Tribes follow rules and traditions that aren't connected to modern-day governments or mainstream societies.
Definition of tribe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent. 2. A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially: a.
a group of people who live together, usually in areas far away from cities, and who share the same culture and language and still have a traditional way of life: Native American tribes. tribal. adjective. relating to a tribe: a tribal dance. (Definition of tribe from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
