lineage meaning
EN
[ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ] WLineage
- Lineage may refer to:
- NounPLlineagesSUF-age
- Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
- They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.
- (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
- Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Phylogenetic analysis of complete genome sequences found evidence for two distinct cocirculating lineages of IDV which freely reassort.
- If downy mildews and host plants have indeed cospeciated, then it is expected that the number of lineage divergences in their mapped dated trees show a similar changing pattern over time.
- The lack of an association with particular strain lineages suggests that host factors predominate in the breakdown towards mycobacteremia.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Some, the endovert roles, are performed on one another's behalf: roles of mutual aid and the like as expected between members of the same caste or clan or lineage.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of lineage in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en lineaged
- en lineages
- en lineage temple
- en lineage temples
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "lineage" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.