father

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

fathers

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

father

past (v2)

fathered

past participle (v3)

fathered

present participle

fathering

3rd person singular

fathers

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).

   • My friend Tony just became a father.
   • My father was a strong influence on me.
   • Speaking to reporters at Melbourne airport, their fathers thanked supporters and praised efforts from the Australian government, according to Nine News.

2. 2.A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

   • She thinks of her boss as a father.
   • I went to the airport to meet my father.

3. 3.A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

   • Come, father; you can sit here.

4. 4.A term of respectful address for a priest.

   • Bless you, good father friar!

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To give rise to.

2. 2.To be a father to; to sire.

3. 3.To act as a father; to support and nurture.

   • What have you learned since writing Wild at Heart that you would now go back and change (if you could) about how you fathered your three boys?

4. 4.To provide with a father.

   • The relations of the sexes were so loose and vague that children could not be fathered on any particular man.

Overall

Very common· #317

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Common

Antonyms

• mother

Word family

• fat