What does lineage mean?
Word: Lineage
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Lineage means the series of parents, grandparents and earlier relatives that a person comes from.
Synonyms: descent
How do you spell lineage?
Syllables: lin - e - age
Tricky part: Fast speech blurs the two vowels after the n, so pupils drop one of them and write linege.
Watch out for: linege, lineege, lineadge
Memory tip: Two relatives stand side by side in every family line: let e and a be that pair in the middle.
Lineage in a sentence
Example 1: Many old families in Rajasthan can trace their lineage back for centuries.
Example 2: Her lineage includes two famous musicians.
Example 3: The king's lineage is carved on a stone at the fort gate.
Fun Fact
The lineage of the Chinese thinker Confucius is among the longest on record, running through more than 80 generations.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are misspelt. Choose the meaning of the one spelt correctly.
1. generasion 2. pedegree 3. heritege 4. lineage
a) all the people born at about the same time
b) the recorded forebears of an animal
c) traditions handed down from the past
d) a family's descent traced back over many years
Show answer
d) a family's descent traced back over many years. Pedigree, heritage and generation each carry a slip, so lineage is the answer.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word lineage as used in the sentence:
The old royal family of Mysore is proud of its long lineage.
a) kingdom
b) wealth
c) palace
d) ancestry
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d) ancestry. Ancestry means the people you come from, which is what a long line of rulers gives this family.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Grandfather says our ilnaeeg begins with a small family of weavers near Surat.
a) package
b) mileage
c) lineage
d) linkage
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c) lineage. Mileage needs an m, linkage a k and package a p, none of which appear here.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
My grandmother keeps an old notebook that records our family lineaje from a village in Punjab to our flat in Mumbai.
a) notebook
b) lineaje
c) records
d) village
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b) lineaje. A g, not a j, makes the soft sound near the end.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who would be most interested in a person's lineage?
a) someone planning a bus route
b) someone drawing up a family tree
c) someone cooking a large meal
d) someone mending a broken chair
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b) someone drawing up a family tree
2. Which statement is about lineage?
a) Four potters work in her street.
b) Four of her close friends are potters.
c) Four generations of her family were potters.
d) Four pots stand on her window sill.
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c) Four generations of her family were potters.
