tribetribe /traɪb/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
a tribe of Aborigines known as the Dolphin People2a group of people with the same interests – used especially to show disapproval: tribes of journalists3a group of related animals or plants: the cat tribe4humorous a large family: We were only expecting Jack and his wife, but the whole tribe turned up.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINtribe
ExamplesOrigin:
1200-1300 Latin tribus ‘group within the Roman people, tribe’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- There is a tribe of beetles that specializes in feeding on bitter plants.
- Western Australian tribes
- In recent years, the tribe had been badly affected by diseases brought in by prospecting miners.
- The tribe danced for three days in the hope that the Great Spirits would send them rain.
- The tribes which inhabit the Upper Hunter and the adjacent parts of the colony are extremely harmless and well disposed.
- The Ghond tribe would only accept food from a Ghond cook.
- There, capitalism dissolved social differentiation - families, castes, clans, tribes, provinces, religions, gender, nationality.
THESAURUS► race
Collocations one of the main groups of people in the world, who have the same colour of skin and other physical features: · Everybody should be treated equally regardless of their race or sex.· race relations (=the relationship between people of different races)
► nation a country and its people, or a group of people with the same history and language: · Japan has become one of the richest nations in the world.· Our dream is for a united Arab nation.
► people the people who belong to a particular country, race, or area. The plural of this meaning of people is peoples: · the American people· the native peoples of the islands
► tribe a group of people in a country who are the same race, with the same traditional way of life and the same leader: · a tribe in Papua New Guinea· Bedouin tribes
► ethnic group a group of people of the same race, nation, or tribe: · Within Namibia there are more than a dozen different ethnic groups.· the needs of minority ethnic groups
WORD SETS► Anthropologyclansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► different
1a social group consisting of people of the same race who have the same beliefs, customs, language etc, and usually live in one particular area ruled by their leader: · Sometimes they are organized on a tribal basis, sometimes they embrace people from a number of different tribes.· But we had one thing-that was unity and friendship amongst sixty-four different tribes....
► germanic· While the Germanic tribes were not always engaged in warfare, they were in a state of constant preparation for it.· Unlike many of the Germanic tribes from whom they exacted tribute, these Asiatics had no permanent homes and no kings.
► large· As groupings became larger, tribes or bands were formed on the basis of more extensive kinship ties.
► local· Najibullah, who belonged to the local Ahmedzai tribe, flew to Gardez on Oct. 7 to bolster morale.· I've seen this buzzard mobbed by other members of the local crow tribe, the rooks, plenty of times before.
► native· They were almost certainly endowed with highly developed sensory and intuitive powers seen only in the few remaining native tribes alive today.
► nomadic· To the east of Frisia were the pagan Saxons, a diffuse and essentially nomadic conglomeration of tribes.· The second type of horsemen are wild horse archers recruited from the nomadic tribes of the Kislev steppes.· The impact on the 35 nomadic tribes who are known to live in the region drained by the Mamberamo will be immense.
► other· Some of the settlements were surrounded by ditches and fences and could be fiercely defended against other warring tribes.· People usually make such declarations of opposition to other lineages, other tribes - not to entities which claim superiority.
► primitive· Even primitive tribes when dancing submit to the discipline imposed by their leaders.· The ill are no longer ostracized as moral pariahs except by a few remaining primitive tribes ruled by superstition.· To primitive tribes a head, stuck on a pole at the village boundary, averted evil and brought luck.· The law of the survival of the fitted governed not only primitive tribes, but the civilized cultures of the ancient world.· First, of course, you have to locate your most primitive tribe.· Iii any primitive tribe, rule by male fighters is the most natural form of government.
► small· The smallest tribes would get 250; the largest, well over 1,000.· The smaller tribes have long been influenced through political and cultural domination by the stronger Mende and Temne tribes.· Azhag's career of carnage began when he was chieftain of a small Orc tribe from the Troll country.· The peaty lowlands were still mainly marshland. Small families or tribes hunted and hid in huts in the forest.
► various· Ishmael suggests that various primitive tribes and various religions have always looked upon the sea as something mysterious and deep.· They could not control the Army, let alone the various tribes.
VERB► belong· Until 40 years ago, the Chittagong Hill Tracts were inhabited almost exclusively by people belonging to 13 tribes.· Zarathustra belonged to a pastoral tribe in northern Persia.· They belonged to tribes, nations and religions.· He belongs to a minority tribe, the Karen, and in a Buddhist land he follows a minority religion.
► live· In bad times the stream vanished completely, and the tribe lived in the shadow of thirst.· Even today many members of these tribes live in multi-occupation dwellings made from sun-dried mud bricks known as adobe.
a tribe of Aborigines known as the Dolphin People2a group of people with the same interests – used especially to show disapproval: tribes of journalists3a group of related animals or plants: the cat tribe4humorous a large family: We were only expecting Jack and his wife, but the whole tribe turned up.