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father

/ father /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
"hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
Type of:
hypostasis
noun Sense 2
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
"his father was born in Atlanta"
Opposites:
mother female parent
Type of:
parent
Kinds of:
dad dada daddy pa papa
Derived:
beget get engender mother sire
noun Sense 3
`Father'' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre'' is frequently used in the military
Type of:
priest
noun Sense 4
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
"the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"
"the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
Type of:
leader
noun Sense 5
the head of an organized crime family
Type of:
head chief top dog
noun Sense 6
the founder of a family
"keep the faith of our forefathers"
Type of:
ancestor ascendant ascendent
Kinds of:
patriarch
Derived:
beget get engender mother sire
noun Sense 7
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the be
Type of:
theologian theologist theologizer
Kinds of:
Ambrose Saint Ambrose St. Ambrose Athanasius Saint Athanasius
Domain:
Christianity Christian religion
noun Sense 8
a person who founds or establishes some institution
"George Washington is the father of his country"
Type of:
originator conceiver mastermind
Kinds of:
cofounder colonizer coloniser foundress
Derived:
begin lead off start commence establish
verb Sense 9
make children
"Abraham begot Isaac"
"Men often father children but don''t recognize them"
Type of:
make create
Derived:
generation genesis multiplication propagation sire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
55
Times Searched
3
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hypostasis parent dad dada daddy pa papa mother female parent priest leader head