father

[US]/'fɑːðə/
[UK]/'fɑðɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. male parent, ancestor, predecessor
vt. invent, establish, act as the male parent of

Phrases & Collocations

my father

father figure

fatherhood

fatherly advice

father-daughter relationship

father christmas

father and daughter

holy father

founding father

biological father

foster father

adoptive father

Example Sentences

father was not well.

the father of science

intercede with the father for the daughter

The child is father of the man.; The child is father to the man.

My father was an expert marksman.

His father was a philanthropist.

She and her father favor.

His father is a chimney sweeper.

Vincent’s father is a tribal chief.

My father was well-read in history.

your father is dangerously ill.

the founding father of logical disputation.

he fathered three children.

her father had a will of iron.

the father kept back £5 for himself.

the putative father of a boy of two.

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