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