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father
English
Etymology
From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fad?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r. Doublet of ayr, faeder, padre, pater, and père.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fä'th?(r), IPA(key): /?f??ð?(?)/
- (General American) enPR: fä'th?r, IPA(key): /?f?ð?/
- (General Australian) enPR: fä'th?, IPA(key): /?fa?ð?/
- (obsolete) enPR: f?'th?r, IPA(key): /?fæð??/
- Homophone: farther (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -??ð?(r)
- Hyphenation: fa?ther
Noun
father (plural fathers)
- A (generally human) male who begets a child.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
- A term of respectful address for a priest.
- A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
- The founder of a discipline or science.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- 1991, The Nairobi Law Monthly:
- Soon after the announcement of this year's election results, Mereka said that "the father of all battles had just begun." His dispute with Muite goes back to March last year […]
- 2002, Financial Management:
- "If UK GDP slows by 1 per cent, there is the mother and father of all recessions. It was exciting, but very bizarre, working in such an environment."
- 2012, Zubairu Wai, Epistemologies of African Conflicts: Violence, Evolutionism, and the War in Sierra Leone, Palgrave Macmillan: (?ISBN), page 93:
- “The Father of All Battles”
- On March 23, 1991, a band of armed insurgents attacked the town of Bomaru […]
- 1991, The Nairobi Law Monthly:
- Something inanimate that begets.
Synonyms
- (parent): see Thesaurus:father
- (most significant thing): see mother and granddaddy
Antonyms
- (with regards to gender) mother
- (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, child
Hypernyms
- (a male parent): parent
Derived terms
Related terms
- Father
- Jupiter
- paternal
Translations
Verb
father (third-person singular simple present fathers, present participle fathering, simple past and past participle fathered)
- To be a father to; to sire.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI v 4
- Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI v 4
- (figuratively) To give rise to.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline ii 2
- Cowards father cowards and base things sire base.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline ii 2
- To act as a father; to support and nurture.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline iv 2
- Ay, good youth! And rather father thee than master thee.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline iv 2
- To provide with a father.
- To adopt as one's own.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII.
- Kept company with men of wit / Who often fathered what he writ.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII.
Translations
See also
- beget
- grandpa
- pater
- paternal
- sire
Anagrams
- afther, fareth, hafter, trefah
Middle English
Noun
father
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of fader
father From the web:
- what father among you
- what fathers teach their daughters
- what fathers teach their sons
- what father's day
- what father of the bride should wear
- what fathers need to know about pregnancy
- what father's day date
- what father and son are in the heineken commercial
create
English
Alternative forms
- creäte (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English createn, from Latin cre?tus, the perfect passive participle of cre?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?i??e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)
- (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
- 1829, Thomas Tully Crybbace, An Essay on Moral Freedom:
- [...] God created man a moral agent.
- Synonym: generate
- Antonyms: annihilate, extinguish
- (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
- To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
- Synonym: invent
- Antonym: imitate
- 1829, Thomas Tully Crybbace, An Essay on Moral Freedom:
- (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
- crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties
- (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
- (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
- (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
- (Britain, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren
- 'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'
- 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren
Conjugation
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
create (comparative more create, superlative most create)
- (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
Translations
Further reading
- create at OneLook Dictionary Search
- create in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- create in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- create on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- & cetera, Cartee, cerate, ecarte, tracee, écarté
Italian
Verb
create
- second-person plural indicative present of creare
- second-person plural imperative of creare
Anagrams
- cerate, recate, tacere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kre?a?.te/, [k?e?ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kre?a.te/, [k?????t??]
Verb
cre?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of cre?
Participle
cre?te
- vocative masculine singular of cre?tus
Middle English
Adjective
create
- Alternative form of creat
Verb
create
- Alternative form of creat
create From the web:
- what creates wind
- what created the great lakes
- what creates earth's magnetic field
- what created the grand canyon
- what creates fog
- what created the big bang
- what created the universe
- what creates gravity
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