father+(verb)

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• father — ► NOUN 1) a male parent. 2) an important figure in the origin and early history of something: Pasteur, the father of microbiology . 3) literary a male ancestor. 4) (often as a title or form of address) a priest. 5) (the Father) (in Christian… …   English terms dictionary

• father — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ lone (esp. BrE), single ▪ As a single father, he found it a struggle bringing up three children. ▪ married, unmarried ▪ a married father of …   Collocations dictionary

• father — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater father, Latin pater, Greek patēr Date: before 12th century 1. a. a man who has begotten a child; also sire 3 b. capitalized …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• father — 1 noun (C) 1 PARENT a male parent: Ask your father to help you. | Andrew was very excited about becoming a father. | a father of two/three/four etc (=a man with two, three etc children): The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured. 2 PRIEST a …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Father — Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Father (disambiguation), Dad (disambiguation), Fatherhood (disambiguation), and Fathering (journal). Father with child A father is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring …   Wikipedia

• father — fa|ther1 [ faðər ] noun count *** 1. ) your male parent. People often call their father Dad or, especially if they are young children, Daddy. In the past, people often called their father Father or Papa: My father taught me to drive. George… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• father — I UK [ˈfɑːðə(r)] / US [ˈfɑðər] noun Word forms father : singular father plural fathers *** 1) [countable] your male parent. People often call their father Dad or, especially if they are young children, Daddy. In the past, people often called… …   English dictionary

• father — [[t]fɑ͟ːðə(r)[/t]] ♦ fathers, fathering, fathered 1) N FAMILY Your father is your male parent. You can also call someone your father if he brings you up as if he was this man. His father was a painter... He would be a good father to my children …   English dictionary

• father — /ˈfaðə / (say fahdhuh) noun 1. a male parent. 2. any male ancestor, especially the founder of a people, family, or line. 3. Aboriginal English (a term used to refer to one s biological father and his brothers.) 4. a father in law, stepfather, or… …  

• father — 1. noun 1) his mother and father Syn: dad; daddy, pop, pa, dada, papa; old man, patriarch, paterfamilias 2) literary the religion of my fathers Syn: ancestor, forefather …   Thesaurus of popular words

• father — 1. noun /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ),ˈfaː.ðə,ˈfɑː.ðɚ/ a) A male who sires (and often raises) a child. My father was a strong influence on me. b) A term of address for an elderly man. Come, father; you can sit here. Ant: mot …   Wiktionary