immediate family

noun

: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children

Hospital visits are limited to immediate family.

Examples of immediate family in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now that the onetime single mother is nearing retirement, her focus has shifted from caring for her immediate family to having a broader awareness of the wider world. —Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024

Employees and immediate family members of Essence Communications Inc. and its affiliates are ineligible, ensuring that the sweepstakes is open to the wider festival audience. —Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 May 2024

The measure would prohibit someone from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official, because of the election official’s role in administering the election process. —Brian Witte, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024

My sister and her new husband just sent an email to our immediate family, more or less berating us for not giving them more — or larger — gifts. —Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024

The cardholder and immediate family members are entitled to reimbursement up to $500 per ticket for expenses like a hotel and meals. —Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024

The Old Line State has created a new misdemeanor offense for knowingly and willfully threatening to harm an election official or their immediate family. —Victor Hagan, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024

Further, no members of Harry’s immediate family attended the Thanksgiving service where the prince performed a reading. —Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024

With no one from Joi’s immediate family alive to advocate for her, Charlotte has taken it upon herself to push for justice. —Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024