father

/ˈfaːðə//ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)//ˈfɑðɚ/

noun

  1. 1

    A (generally human) male who begets a child.

    “My father was a strong influence on me.”
  2. 2

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

  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.

  5. 5

    A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

    “My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.”
  6. 6

    The founder of a discipline or science.

    “Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.”
  7. 7

    Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

  8. 8

    Something inanimate that begets.

  9. 9

    A senator of Ancient Rome.

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verb

  1. 1

    To be a father to; to sire.

  2. 2

    To give rise to.

  3. 3

    To act as a father; to support and nurture.

  4. 4

    To provide with a father.

  5. 5

    To adopt as one's own.

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