noun🔗ShareA (generally human) male who begets a child."My father was a strong influence on me."familyhumanpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor."My father's father, whom I never met, was a farmer who helped settle this land. "familypersonhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA term of respectful address for an elderly man."Come, father; you can sit here."agepersonhumanfamilyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA term of respectful address for a priest."The students respectfully called their father, the parish priest, "Father Michael." "religionpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA person who plays the role of a father in some way."My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced."familypersonhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe founder of a discipline or science."Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics."personsciencehistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSomething that is the greatest or most significant of its kind."The new school's innovative teaching methods were the father of all the other similar programs in the city. "qualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSomething inanimate that begets."The soil is the father of the growing plant. "familyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA senator of Ancient Rome."The father of the Roman Republic, a renowned senator, championed the rights of the common people. "politicshistorygovernmentpersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be a father to; to sire."My friend's dog fathered a litter of puppies. "familyhumansexessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give rise to."The new teacher fathered a lot of innovative ideas in her first year at the school. "familyhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo act as a father; to support and nurture."The community center fathers several struggling families, providing food and support for their children's education. "familyhumanactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo provide with a father."The new foster parents will father the orphaned child. "familyhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo adopt as one's own."The company's new CEO fathered a new program to help struggling employees. "familyhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
