Definition of tribe in English:

tribe

noun trʌɪbtraɪb

1A 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.
部落；宗族
indigenous Indian tribes
本土印第安人部落。
Example sentencesExamples
- Favoritism for those from the same tribe or region is common.
- For almost three years, I was a cultural leader within my tribe.
- The committee oversees the tribe's economic development, including the use of natural resources and the investment of tribal income.
- He picks upon the year 2000 as the most successful since the revival of the ceremony as evidenced by the heavy presence of many Nkoya chiefs and traditional leaders of other tribes.
- In fact, Rountree's role in securing state recognition for nonreservation tribes was primarily applied toward the Powhatan groups.
- Native groups began to form federally recognized tribes and gain access to grants and federal services.
- When our traditional leaders embrace each other then it promotes unity among tribes and communities.
- And at one point, I was invited into the tribe's most traditional community for a wake.
- But some leaders within my tribe reject this tradition.
- The people of the hill tribes continue the traditional beliefs and practices of their ancestors.
- Military heroes and the leaders of vanquished tribes often had this status conferred upon them by the ruling Inca.
- A vibrant economy would help sustain the tribe's social and cultural aspirations, he said.
- The Apache tribes are federally recognized tribes.
- Part of its brief is to investigate the authenticity of kingdoms, kings, tribes and other traditional leaders.
- This is a fair conclusion stemming from the way the two tribes ' annual cultural traditional ceremonies have gone on in this district this time around.
- This is a very important part of tribal culture and preserves a tribe's identity and beliefs.
- Women were involved in decision-making in various ways in families, communities, and tribes.
- The area now called England was occupied by many European cultures and tribes.
- It gradually became the common name of many tribes.
- These hill tribes have faced economic difficulties related to their lack of land rights.
Synonyms
ethnic group, people, race, nation
family, dynasty, house
clan, sept
technical gens
archaic folk
1. 1.1 (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five.
  （古罗马）行政部门（最初为3个，后为30个，最终为35个）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then, if the assembly was composed of Tribes, the order of the vote had to be determined.
  A bare majority of the assembled tribes — eighteen out of thirty-five — was deemed sufficient to express the will of the whole Roman people.
  Lucilius vilified reprobate consulars such as Lucius Opimius and Gaius Papirius Carbo, also undisciplined tribes and dishonest political lobbying.
  The early people of Rome were from a tribe called Latins.
2. 1.2derogatory A distinctive or close-knit group.
  〈贬〉组织严密的社会（或政治）群体
  she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe
  她反对她的英国中产阶级社会准则。
  brands are adopted by a tribe of users
  an outburst against the whole tribe of theoreticians
  对所有理论家的反感。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it's awfully depressing to see how quickly we can indulge the urge to trim the Faith to suit our political tribe.
  Getting Congress' warring tribes to back this agenda may be easy by comparison.
  Does this suggest that Watters' urban tribes are intensely political in ways he has not yet registered?
  While Chris may have the heart of a chief, he is still a novice in the tribe's political conversations.
  I'm a non-denominational/multidenominational kind of person and try not to think about things that distinguish our various tribes.
  He never joined one of the Labour Party's political tribes, nor sought to start his own.
  Synonyms
  group, crowd, gang, company, body, band, host, bevy, party, pack, army, herd, flock, drove, horde, mob
  informal bunch, crew, gaggle, posse, load
3. 1.3informal A large number of people.
  〈非正式〉许多人
  tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses
  一大群在保育员看护下玩耍的孩子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Amazonian is back in another dress; either that or they have a whole tribe of them backstage.
  There are plenty of theories, such as group theory, that are not meant to be complete in that sense, because they describe a whole tribe of structures.
  And pretty soon that second guy is whispering to a third guy, and before long a whole burly tribe of traders gather around Ty and they're going bananas!
  Before you know it, I had a whole tribe of Somalis wanting to rent.
2Biology
A taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).
〔生〕族（分类学类目，位列属之上，科或亚科之下，动物学中常以-ini结尾，植物学中常以-eae结尾）
Example sentencesExamples
- A broad investigation was initiated into the floral development of 30 taxa out of 15 tribes, focussing on the initiation of bracteoles and on the sequence of sepal initiation.
- In all, 32 species from 10 genera of four tribes in subfamily Zingiberoideae, and five species from one genus of subfamily Costoideae were tested.
- The family Blenniidae is the largest family in its suborder, consisting of six tribes with 53 genera and 345 species.
- Many genera in the subfamily Ambleminae, tribe Lampsilini exhibit sexual dimorphism.
- If ornaments appeared in subfamilies or tribes that were phylogenetically separated, these were counted as evolutionarily independent events.

Usage

In historical contexts the word tribe is broadly accepted (the area was inhabited by Slavic tribes), but in contemporary contexts it is problematic when used to refer to a community living within a traditional society. It is strongly associated with past attitudes of white colonialists towards so-called primitive or uncivilized peoples living in remote undeveloped places. For this reason it is generally preferable to use alternative terms such as community or people

Origin

Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- 'three' and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome.

In the early days of ancient Rome the people fell into three political divisions. This division into ‘three’ (tri- in Latin) may be the origin of tribus, from which tribe descended, along with tribunal (Late Middle English), tribune (Late Middle English), tribute (Middle English), and retribution (Late Middle English) ‘paying back’. The first uses of tribe in English referred to the twelve ancient tribes of Israel claiming descent from the twelve sons of Jacob. From tribute comes tributary, found from the 15th century for someone paying tribute. The sense of a smaller river adding its contribution to the big one developed from this in the early 19th century.

Rhymes

ascribe, bribe, gybe, imbibe, jibe, proscribe, scribe, subscribe, transcribe, vibe

Definition of tribe in US English:

tribe

nountraɪbtrīb

1A 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.
部落；宗族
indigenous Indian tribes
本土印第安人部落。
the Celtic tribes of Europe
Example sentencesExamples
- The area now called England was occupied by many European cultures and tribes.
- The Apache tribes are federally recognized tribes.
- When our traditional leaders embrace each other then it promotes unity among tribes and communities.
- Part of its brief is to investigate the authenticity of kingdoms, kings, tribes and other traditional leaders.
- This is a fair conclusion stemming from the way the two tribes ' annual cultural traditional ceremonies have gone on in this district this time around.
- It gradually became the common name of many tribes.
- This is a very important part of tribal culture and preserves a tribe's identity and beliefs.
- These hill tribes have faced economic difficulties related to their lack of land rights.
- Women were involved in decision-making in various ways in families, communities, and tribes.
- For almost three years, I was a cultural leader within my tribe.
- He picks upon the year 2000 as the most successful since the revival of the ceremony as evidenced by the heavy presence of many Nkoya chiefs and traditional leaders of other tribes.
- But some leaders within my tribe reject this tradition.
- And at one point, I was invited into the tribe's most traditional community for a wake.
- The people of the hill tribes continue the traditional beliefs and practices of their ancestors.
- The committee oversees the tribe's economic development, including the use of natural resources and the investment of tribal income.
- Favoritism for those from the same tribe or region is common.
- In fact, Rountree's role in securing state recognition for nonreservation tribes was primarily applied toward the Powhatan groups.
- A vibrant economy would help sustain the tribe's social and cultural aspirations, he said.
- Military heroes and the leaders of vanquished tribes often had this status conferred upon them by the ruling Inca.
- Native groups began to form federally recognized tribes and gain access to grants and federal services.
Synonyms
ethnic group, people, race, nation
1. 1.1 (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five.
  （古罗马）行政部门（最初为3个，后为30个，最终为35个）
  Example sentencesExamples
  A bare majority of the assembled tribes — eighteen out of thirty-five — was deemed sufficient to express the will of the whole Roman people.
  Lucilius vilified reprobate consulars such as Lucius Opimius and Gaius Papirius Carbo, also undisciplined tribes and dishonest political lobbying.
  The early people of Rome were from a tribe called Latins.
  Then, if the assembly was composed of Tribes, the order of the vote had to be determined.
2. 1.2derogatory A distinctive or close-knit group.
  〈贬〉组织严密的社会（或政治）群体
  she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe
  她反对她的英国中产阶级社会准则。
  an outburst against the whole tribe of theoreticians
  对所有理论家的反感。
  the entire tribe is coming for Thanksgiving
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm a non-denominational/multidenominational kind of person and try not to think about things that distinguish our various tribes.
  He never joined one of the Labour Party's political tribes, nor sought to start his own.
  While Chris may have the heart of a chief, he is still a novice in the tribe's political conversations.
  Does this suggest that Watters' urban tribes are intensely political in ways he has not yet registered?
  But it's awfully depressing to see how quickly we can indulge the urge to trim the Faith to suit our political tribe.
  Getting Congress' warring tribes to back this agenda may be easy by comparison.
  Synonyms
  group, crowd, gang, company, body, band, host, bevy, party, pack, army, herd, flock, drove, horde, mob
3. 1.3informal A large number of people or animals.
  〈非正式〉许多人
  tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses
  一大群在保育员看护下玩耍的孩子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Before you know it, I had a whole tribe of Somalis wanting to rent.
  And pretty soon that second guy is whispering to a third guy, and before long a whole burly tribe of traders gather around Ty and they're going bananas!
  There are plenty of theories, such as group theory, that are not meant to be complete in that sense, because they describe a whole tribe of structures.
  The Amazonian is back in another dress; either that or they have a whole tribe of them backstage.
2Biology
A taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).
〔生〕族（分类学类目，位列属之上，科或亚科之下，动物学中常以-ini结尾，植物学中常以-eae结尾）
Example sentencesExamples
- In all, 32 species from 10 genera of four tribes in subfamily Zingiberoideae, and five species from one genus of subfamily Costoideae were tested.
- Many genera in the subfamily Ambleminae, tribe Lampsilini exhibit sexual dimorphism.
- A broad investigation was initiated into the floral development of 30 taxa out of 15 tribes, focussing on the initiation of bracteoles and on the sequence of sepal initiation.
- If ornaments appeared in subfamilies or tribes that were phylogenetically separated, these were counted as evolutionarily independent events.
- The family Blenniidae is the largest family in its suborder, consisting of six tribes with 53 genera and 345 species.

Usage

In historical contexts, the word tribe is broadly accepted (the area was inhabited by Slavic tribes), but in contemporary contexts, it is problematic when used to refer to a community living within a traditional society. It is strongly associated with past attitudes of white colonialists toward so-called primitive or uncivilized peoples living in remote undeveloped places. For this reason it is generally preferable to use alternative terms such as community or people

Origin

Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- ‘three’ and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome.

单词	tribe
释义	Definition of tribe in English: tribe noun trʌɪbtraɪb 1A 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. 部落；宗族 indigenous Indian tribes 本土印第安人部落。 Example sentencesExamples Favoritism for those from the same tribe or region is common. For almost three years, I was a cultural leader within my tribe. The committee oversees the tribe's economic development, including the use of natural resources and the investment of tribal income. He picks upon the year 2000 as the most successful since the revival of the ceremony as evidenced by the heavy presence of many Nkoya chiefs and traditional leaders of other tribes. In fact, Rountree's role in securing state recognition for nonreservation tribes was primarily applied toward the Powhatan groups. Native groups began to form federally recognized tribes and gain access to grants and federal services. When our traditional leaders embrace each other then it promotes unity among tribes and communities. And at one point, I was invited into the tribe's most traditional community for a wake. But some leaders within my tribe reject this tradition. The people of the hill tribes continue the traditional beliefs and practices of their ancestors. Military heroes and the leaders of vanquished tribes often had this status conferred upon them by the ruling Inca. A vibrant economy would help sustain the tribe's social and cultural aspirations, he said. The Apache tribes are federally recognized tribes. Part of its brief is to investigate the authenticity of kingdoms, kings, tribes and other traditional leaders. This is a fair conclusion stemming from the way the two tribes ' annual cultural traditional ceremonies have gone on in this district this time around. This is a very important part of tribal culture and preserves a tribe's identity and beliefs. Women were involved in decision-making in various ways in families, communities, and tribes. The area now called England was occupied by many European cultures and tribes. It gradually became the common name of many tribes. These hill tribes have faced economic difficulties related to their lack of land rights. Synonyms ethnic group, people, race, nation family, dynasty, house clan, sept technical gens archaic folk 1.1 (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five. （古罗马）行政部门（最初为3个，后为30个，最终为35个） Example sentencesExamples Then, if the assembly was composed of Tribes, the order of the vote had to be determined. A bare majority of the assembled tribes — eighteen out of thirty-five — was deemed sufficient to express the will of the whole Roman people. Lucilius vilified reprobate consulars such as Lucius Opimius and Gaius Papirius Carbo, also undisciplined tribes and dishonest political lobbying. The early people of Rome were from a tribe called Latins. 1.2derogatory A distinctive or close-knit group. 〈贬〉组织严密的社会（或政治）群体 she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe 她反对她的英国中产阶级社会准则。 brands are adopted by a tribe of users an outburst against the whole tribe of theoreticians 对所有理论家的反感。 Example sentencesExamples But it's awfully depressing to see how quickly we can indulge the urge to trim the Faith to suit our political tribe. Getting Congress' warring tribes to back this agenda may be easy by comparison. Does this suggest that Watters' urban tribes are intensely political in ways he has not yet registered? While Chris may have the heart of a chief, he is still a novice in the tribe's political conversations. I'm a non-denominational/multidenominational kind of person and try not to think about things that distinguish our various tribes. He never joined one of the Labour Party's political tribes, nor sought to start his own. Synonyms group, crowd, gang, company, body, band, host, bevy, party, pack, army, herd, flock, drove, horde, mob informal bunch, crew, gaggle, posse, load 1.3informal A large number of people. 〈非正式〉许多人 tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses 一大群在保育员看护下玩耍的孩子。 Example sentencesExamples The Amazonian is back in another dress; either that or they have a whole tribe of them backstage. There are plenty of theories, such as group theory, that are not meant to be complete in that sense, because they describe a whole tribe of structures. And pretty soon that second guy is whispering to a third guy, and before long a whole burly tribe of traders gather around Ty and they're going bananas! Before you know it, I had a whole tribe of Somalis wanting to rent. 2Biology A taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany). 〔生〕族（分类学类目，位列属之上，科或亚科之下，动物学中常以-ini结尾，植物学中常以-eae结尾） Example sentencesExamples A broad investigation was initiated into the floral development of 30 taxa out of 15 tribes, focussing on the initiation of bracteoles and on the sequence of sepal initiation. In all, 32 species from 10 genera of four tribes in subfamily Zingiberoideae, and five species from one genus of subfamily Costoideae were tested. The family Blenniidae is the largest family in its suborder, consisting of six tribes with 53 genera and 345 species. Many genera in the subfamily Ambleminae, tribe Lampsilini exhibit sexual dimorphism. If ornaments appeared in subfamilies or tribes that were phylogenetically separated, these were counted as evolutionarily independent events. Usage In historical contexts the word tribe is broadly accepted (the area was inhabited by Slavic tribes), but in contemporary contexts it is problematic when used to refer to a community living within a traditional society. It is strongly associated with past attitudes of white colonialists towards so-called primitive or uncivilized peoples living in remote undeveloped places. For this reason it is generally preferable to use alternative terms such as community or people Origin Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- 'three' and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome. In the early days of ancient Rome the people fell into three political divisions. This division into ‘three’ (tri- in Latin) may be the origin of tribus, from which tribe descended, along with tribunal (Late Middle English), tribune (Late Middle English), tribute (Middle English), and retribution (Late Middle English) ‘paying back’. The first uses of tribe in English referred to the twelve ancient tribes of Israel claiming descent from the twelve sons of Jacob. From tribute comes tributary, found from the 15th century for someone paying tribute. The sense of a smaller river adding its contribution to the big one developed from this in the early 19th century. Rhymes ascribe, bribe, gybe, imbibe, jibe, proscribe, scribe, subscribe, transcribe, vibe Definition of tribe in US English: tribe nountraɪbtrīb 1A 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. 部落；宗族 indigenous Indian tribes 本土印第安人部落。 the Celtic tribes of Europe Example sentencesExamples The area now called England was occupied by many European cultures and tribes. The Apache tribes are federally recognized tribes. When our traditional leaders embrace each other then it promotes unity among tribes and communities. Part of its brief is to investigate the authenticity of kingdoms, kings, tribes and other traditional leaders. This is a fair conclusion stemming from the way the two tribes ' annual cultural traditional ceremonies have gone on in this district this time around. It gradually became the common name of many tribes. This is a very important part of tribal culture and preserves a tribe's identity and beliefs. These hill tribes have faced economic difficulties related to their lack of land rights. Women were involved in decision-making in various ways in families, communities, and tribes. For almost three years, I was a cultural leader within my tribe. He picks upon the year 2000 as the most successful since the revival of the ceremony as evidenced by the heavy presence of many Nkoya chiefs and traditional leaders of other tribes. But some leaders within my tribe reject this tradition. And at one point, I was invited into the tribe's most traditional community for a wake. The people of the hill tribes continue the traditional beliefs and practices of their ancestors. The committee oversees the tribe's economic development, including the use of natural resources and the investment of tribal income. Favoritism for those from the same tribe or region is common. In fact, Rountree's role in securing state recognition for nonreservation tribes was primarily applied toward the Powhatan groups. A vibrant economy would help sustain the tribe's social and cultural aspirations, he said. Military heroes and the leaders of vanquished tribes often had this status conferred upon them by the ruling Inca. Native groups began to form federally recognized tribes and gain access to grants and federal services. Synonyms ethnic group, people, race, nation 1.1 (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five. （古罗马）行政部门（最初为3个，后为30个，最终为35个） Example sentencesExamples A bare majority of the assembled tribes — eighteen out of thirty-five — was deemed sufficient to express the will of the whole Roman people. Lucilius vilified reprobate consulars such as Lucius Opimius and Gaius Papirius Carbo, also undisciplined tribes and dishonest political lobbying. The early people of Rome were from a tribe called Latins. Then, if the assembly was composed of Tribes, the order of the vote had to be determined. 1.2derogatory A distinctive or close-knit group. 〈贬〉组织严密的社会（或政治）群体 she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe 她反对她的英国中产阶级社会准则。 an outburst against the whole tribe of theoreticians 对所有理论家的反感。 the entire tribe is coming for Thanksgiving Example sentencesExamples I'm a non-denominational/multidenominational kind of person and try not to think about things that distinguish our various tribes. He never joined one of the Labour Party's political tribes, nor sought to start his own. While Chris may have the heart of a chief, he is still a novice in the tribe's political conversations. Does this suggest that Watters' urban tribes are intensely political in ways he has not yet registered? But it's awfully depressing to see how quickly we can indulge the urge to trim the Faith to suit our political tribe. Getting Congress' warring tribes to back this agenda may be easy by comparison. Synonyms group, crowd, gang, company, body, band, host, bevy, party, pack, army, herd, flock, drove, horde, mob 1.3informal A large number of people or animals. 〈非正式〉许多人 tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses 一大群在保育员看护下玩耍的孩子。 Example sentencesExamples Before you know it, I had a whole tribe of Somalis wanting to rent. And pretty soon that second guy is whispering to a third guy, and before long a whole burly tribe of traders gather around Ty and they're going bananas! There are plenty of theories, such as group theory, that are not meant to be complete in that sense, because they describe a whole tribe of structures. The Amazonian is back in another dress; either that or they have a whole tribe of them backstage. 2Biology A taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany). 〔生〕族（分类学类目，位列属之上，科或亚科之下，动物学中常以-ini结尾，植物学中常以-eae结尾） Example sentencesExamples In all, 32 species from 10 genera of four tribes in subfamily Zingiberoideae, and five species from one genus of subfamily Costoideae were tested. Many genera in the subfamily Ambleminae, tribe Lampsilini exhibit sexual dimorphism. A broad investigation was initiated into the floral development of 30 taxa out of 15 tribes, focussing on the initiation of bracteoles and on the sequence of sepal initiation. If ornaments appeared in subfamilies or tribes that were phylogenetically separated, these were counted as evolutionarily independent events. The family Blenniidae is the largest family in its suborder, consisting of six tribes with 53 genera and 345 species. Usage In historical contexts, the word tribe is broadly accepted (the area was inhabited by Slavic tribes), but in contemporary contexts, it is problematic when used to refer to a community living within a traditional society. It is strongly associated with past attitudes of white colonialists toward so-called primitive or uncivilized peoples living in remote undeveloped places. For this reason it is generally preferable to use alternative terms such as community or people Origin Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- ‘three’ and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome.
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