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father
[ fah-ther ]
noun
- a man who begets offspring; a male parent.
- Often Father. one鈥檚 own male parent:
When we were kids, Father read to us regularly.
My father is visiting us next week.
- a father-in-law, stepfather, foster father, male adoptive parent, or male guardian.
- Usually Father. a term of address for a male parent or a man having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a male parent:
How are you, Father?
- any male ancestor, especially the founder of a family or line; progenitor.
- a man providing care or exercising influence or authority like that of a male parent:
The late professor was a father to all his students.
- the qualities characteristic of a father, such as paternal affection, protectiveness, responsibility, etc.:
He had been quite a rake, but his newborn daughter quickly brought out the father in him.
- a man who has originated or established something:
Freud is often called the father of modern psychology.
The founding fathers of America took care to separate church and state.
- an early form; forerunner or prototype:
The horseless carriage was the father of the modern automobile.
- one of the most well-known or prominent men in a city, town, etc.:
There was a scandal involving several of the city fathers.
- Chiefly British. the oldest living or serving member of a society, profession, etc. Compare dean ( def 3 ).
- a title for something personified as an older or elderly man:
Father Time.
- a term of familiar address for an old or elderly man.
- Often the Father. Theology.
- the Supreme Being; God.
- Christianity. the first person of the Trinity.
- Also called church father. Church History. any of the chief early Christian writers, whose works are the main sources for the history, doctrines, and observances of the church in the early ages.
- Ecclesiastical.
- Usually Father. a title of reverence, as for church dignitaries, officers of monasteries, monks, confessors, and especially priests.
- Often Father. a person bearing this title:
He is a father in the Catholic church.
- fathers, Roman History. conscript fathers ( def ).
adjective
- being a male parent:
The father penguin rests the egg on his feet and covers it with a fold of warm skin.
verb (used with object)
- to beget; be the father of:
He fathered seven children over three marriages.
- to be the male creator, founder, or author of; originate.
- to care for or protect like a father; act paternally toward:
He鈥檚 always fathering me and checking the oil in my car.
After Dad died, my uncle fathered my brother and me.
- Archaic. to acknowledge oneself the father or originator of:
He would only father the novel if it became popular.
- Archaic. to assume as one's own; take the responsibility of.
- Archaic. to charge someone with the begetting of:
Do not try to father the boy on me.
verb (used without object)
- to perform the tasks or duties of a male parent; act paternally:
He fathers like he鈥檚 been doing it for years, though his kid is only three months old.
Father
1/ 藞蹿蓱藧冒蓹 /
noun
- God, esp when considered as the first person of the Christian Trinity
- Also calledChurch Father any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
- a title used for Christian priests
father
2/ 藞蹿蓱藧冒蓹 /
noun
- a male parent
- a person who founds a line or family; forefather
- any male acting in a paternal capacity paternal
- often capital a respectful term of address for an old man
- a male who originates something
the father of modern psychology
- a leader of an association, council, etc; elder
a city father
- the eldest or most senior member in a society, profession, etc
father of the bar
- often plural a senator or patrician in ancient Rome
- the father of informal.a very large, severe, etc, example of a specified kind
the father of a whipping
verb
- to procreate or generate (offspring); beget
- to create, found, originate, etc
- to act as a father to
- to acknowledge oneself as father or originator of
- foll byon or upon to impose or place without a just reason
Derived Forms
- 藞蹿补迟丑别谤颈苍驳, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蹿补路迟丑别谤路濒颈办别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of father1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of father1
Idioms and Phrases
see like father, like son .Example Sentences
The father of nine, who used to work in construction, stayed for three months in a school-turned-shelter for the camp's displaced residents.
He said the woman and her partner, a 19-year-old man, grabbed their infant son from the sinking vehicle and were trying to escape when the current swept the young boy from his father鈥檚 arms.
And as well as calling on his father the King to help resolve this, he also called on the prime minister and home secretary to intervene.
"The day he was killed, his father had memories, had plans for his son," he continued, saying Czuba "had no right to take them".
The prince said: "I don't know how much longer my father has - he won't speak to me because of this security stuff but it would be nice to reconcile."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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