father
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈfɑːðər/
:
padre
- My father taught me how to ride a bike when I was a child.
- mother and father
- father and son
- father and child
So she says when her father died, she was grieving.
- So she says when her father died, she was grieving.
- Can you tell my dead father something now?
- This is a perfect father son story.
- I think as a daughter, your father must be so proud.
- Would you describe your father as a happy man?
- She's more than right, said Gregor's father to himself.
- My mother and father were born in Warsaw.
- And his roommate in his father's house was Klaus Fuchs.
- He wore dark framed glasses like my father's, a tweed cap.
- And the Stoics were, and my father really embraced stoicism.
- But every morning I watched my father wake up with a smile
- I had to charm my father into loving me.
- I did not involve my father in my business.
Examples
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And that's how it goes from grandfather to father to my own sons.
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I remember one intermediate student who went with his father to his fifth-grade conference.
Academic text (2015) -
I think as a daughter, your father must be so proud.
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Your father will be very proud.
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Would you describe your father as a happy man?
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I think a little celebration drink with your father is in order.
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My mother and father were born in Warsaw.
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Don't forget your father's birthday is next week.
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In the interest of protecting his daughter, Valley's father restricted access to the outside world, including books.
Academic text (2015) -
And the Stoics were, and my father really embraced stoicism.
Synonyms
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1.0
A man who is your father
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1.0
An informal name a child uses for their father
252
8.2
A person's father, used as a friendly name
83
1.6
An informal word a child uses for their father
35
8.2
A father's informal name
16
9.1
A young child's word for father
3
9.1
A word children use for their father in South Asian families
2
8.2
A familiar loving name a child uses for their father
1
9.8
A man who is the father of a child
A friendly name for your father
A father who is the main adult in a family
Antonyms
Compounds
51
7.0
A person who helped create the United States by writing the Constitution in 1787
40
3.9
A man who gives care and guidance like a father to someone who is not his child
- Formal
3
9.9
A Christian writer from the early centuries whose writings help shape church teaching
- Formal
1
9.9
A leading early Christian writer whose teachings helped form church beliefs
1
8.2
English people who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and started a settlement in New England
- Formal
An early church writer who has a link to an Apostle or their close students and writes about the faith
How Authoritative
20
6.7
- Literature
1
9.9
3
2.8
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Father comes from the Old English fæder and an even older family root, seen in Latin pater, that meant 'father' or 'male parent'. So it has long meant the man who is a child's parent.