father
父亲,爸爸,爹爹,父
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Definitions
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- : a male parent.
- : a father-in-law, stepfather, or adoptive father.
- : any male ancestor, especially the founder of a family or line; progenitor.
- : a man who exercises paternal care over other persons; paternal protector or provider: a father to the poor.
- : a person who has originated or established something:the father of modern psychology; the founding fathers.
- : a precursor, prototype, or early form: The horseless carriage was the father of the modern automobile.
- : one of the most well-known or prominent men in a city, town, etc.: a scandal involving several of the city fathers.
- : Chiefly British. the oldest member of a society, profession, etc.Compare dean.
- : Theology. the Supreme Being and Creator; God.
- : Literary. a title of respect for an elderly man, or for something personified as an elderly man: Father Time.
- : the Father, Theology. 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.a title of reverence, as for church dignitaries, officers of monasteries, monks, confessors, and especially priests.a person bearing this title.
- : fathers, Roman History. conscript fathers.
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- : to beget; be the father of: He fathered seven children over three marriages.
- : to be the creator, founder, or author of; originate.
- : to care for or protect like a father; act paternally toward: He’s always fathering me and telling me to eat more vegetables.Our cat fathered the orphaned kittens.
- : Archaic. to acknowledge oneself the father of: He would only father the novel if it became popular.
- : to assume as one's own; take the responsibility of.
- : to charge with the begetting of.
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- : to perform the tasks or duties of a male parent; act paternally: He fathers like he’s been doing it for years, though his kid is only three months old.
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Examples
“I think that Joe Biden will be the person to protect Anthony and those with preexisting conditions,” the father says.
Six unknowing months before the start of the Great Depression, my father arrived.
While DeFazio and other lawmakers haven’t called for a permanent grounding of the jet, the father of a woman who died in the Ethiopia crash said the report raised questions about the plane’s return to service.
I have been yelled at basically my entire life, from my father, my family, to high school.
Anthony Mallott said that no one asked his father to resign, and that he did so voluntarily.
What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.
You will have your beloved father back sooner than you think, and you can visit and communicate with him all the while.
“There is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,” agrees Father Javier.
There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.
And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
At this same time they seized in Nangasaqui a servant of the father provincial, Matheo Couros, who was washing his clothes.
He wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.
The Father had been in sore straits of mind, as month after month had passed without tidings of his "blessed child."