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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A (generally human) male who begets a child.

   “My father was a strong influence on me.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

   “Come, father; you can sit here.”

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A term of respectful address for a priest.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

   “My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.”

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   The founder of a discipline or science.

   “Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.”

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   Something inanimate that begets.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   A senator of Ancient Rome.

10. Meaning 10 · verb

    To be a father to; to sire.

11. Meaning 11 · verb

    To give rise to.

12. Meaning 12 · verb

    To act as a father; to support and nurture.

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    To provide with a father.

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    To adopt as one's own.

How this word is used

• Everyday “My father was a strong influence on me.”
• General “Come, father; you can sit here.”
• General “My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.”
• General “Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.”

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