- father
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ lone (esp. BrE), single▪
As a single father, he found it a struggle bringing up three children.
▪ married, unmarried▪a married father of two
▪ divorced▪ widowed▪ absent, absentee, estranged▪ long-lost▪Ryan has gone looking for his long-lost father.
▪ biological, natural, real, true▪ adoptive, foster▪ second, surrogate▪I always thought of you as a second father.
▪Elena's brother was a surrogate father to her kids after her husband died.
▪ expectant▪He paced like an expectant father.
▪ new▪Meet your new father.
▪The new father took his son into his arms.
▪ doting, proud▪He has just become the proud father of a baby girl.
▪ young▪ ageing/aging, elderly, old▪ ailing, dying, sick▪He has an ailing father and two younger brothers to support.
▪ dead, deceased, late▪ grieving▪the grieving father of two children lost at sea
▪ caring, devoted, good, great, loving, responsible, wonderful▪He is very good with children and would make a devoted father.
▪He was a wonderful father to her.
▪ beloved, dear▪She kept the books that had belonged to her beloved father.
▪ bad▪He was both a bad husband and a bad father.
▪ distant▪He had a domineering mother and a cold, distant father.
▪ domineering, overbearing, overprotective, strict▪ abusive, alcoholic, drunken, violent▪ famous▪He followed the footsteps of his famous father into the film industry.
▪ doctor, engineer, immigrant, etc.▪Their musician father encouraged their love of music.
VERB + FATHER▪ resemble, take after▪The two boys were like their mother in character, but Louise took after her father.
▪ follow, succeed▪She followed her father into the legal profession.
▪He succeeded his father as Professor of Botany.
▪ inherit sth from▪She inherited the urge to travel from her father.
▪ honour/honor, love, obey, respect▪Try your best to honor your father.
▪ lose▪I lost my father when I was nine.
▪ bury▪I buried my father, and mourned his death.
FATHER + NOUN▪ figure▪Some of his students regard him as a father figure.
PHRASES▪ a father of two, etc.▪Smith, a father of two, was arrested on charges of theft.
▪ father to sb▪Jesse is now married and father to a young son.
▪ follow in your father's footsteps▪He followed in his father's footsteps and became a motor mechanic.
▪ from father to son▪The land passes on from father to son.
▪ the death of your father, the loss of your father{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbFather is used with these nouns as the object: ↑child
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Father — Fa ther (f[aum] [th][ e]r), n. [OE. fader, AS. f[ae]der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. fa[eth]ir Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. path r, Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[=a] protect. [root]75, 247. Cf. {Papa},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Father — Fa ther, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fathering}.] 1. To make one s self the father of; to beget. [1913 Webster] Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take as one s own child; to adopt;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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father — [fä′thər] n. [ME fader < OE fæder, akin to ON fathir, OHG fater, Goth fadar < IE * pətḗr > L pater, Gr patēr, Sans pitár: ult. origin prob. echoic of baby talk, as in PAPA, Hindi bābū] 1. a man who has begotten a child; esp., a man as he … English World dictionary
father — [n1] male person who begets children ancestor, begetter, dad, daddy*, forebearer, origin, pa, padre, papa, parent, pop*, predecessor, procreator, progenitor, sire, source; concepts 394,400,414,419,423 Ant. mother father [n2] priest abbé,… … New thesaurus
father — index generate, originate, parents, primogenitor, propagate (increase), reproduce Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
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father — This would seem to be the natural term for a speaker to use to his or her father, but whether it is used or not depends on individual family practice, which may in turn be influenced by the social and educational level of the family concerned … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address