INDEX:
1. father
2. when someone is a father
3. like a father
RELATED WORDS
see also
↑ MOTHER
↑ CHILD
↑ BABY
↑ FAMILY
↑ MAN
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1. father
▷ father /ˈfɑːðəʳ/ [countable noun]
▪ My father’s a doctor.
father of
▪ He’s now the proud father of a three-week-old baby girl.
▪ Larry Blake, a father of three children, was shot dead outside his home last night.
▷ dad /ˈdæd/ [countable noun] informal
a name you use to talk to your father or to talk about someone else’s father :
▪ Was your dad angry when you got home?
▪ Can I borrow your car, Dad?
▪ My dad retired ten years ago.
▷ daddy /ˈdædi/ [countable noun]
a name for a father - used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children :
▪ Where’s your daddy?
▪ Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
▪ Go and ask Daddy if he’ll give you a ride to school.
▷ pop /pɒpǁpɑːp/ [singular noun] American informal
a name you call your father :
▪ I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.
▪ Relax, Pop, I’ll have the car back by midnight.
▷ old man /ˌəʊld ˈmæn/ [singular noun] informal
father - use this to talk about your father or someone else’s father :
▪ My old man never could understand why I married Doris.
the old man
my father
▪ I’m going to visit the old man next week.
2. when someone is a father
▷ fatherhood /ˈfɑːðəʳhʊd/ [uncountable noun]
▪ Jerry doesn’t take the responsibilities of fatherhood very seriously.
▪ Fatherhood has been the greatest challenge of my life.
▷ become a father /bɪˌkʌm ə ˈfɑːðəʳ/ [verb phrase]
if a man becomes a father, a woman has his baby :
▪ I didn’t really care about what was going on in the world until I became a father.
▪ Just think about it - you don’t really want to become a father while you’re still in your teens, do you?
▷ father /ˈfɑːðəʳ/ [transitive verb] written
if a man fathers a child, a woman has his baby :
▪ He fathered eight daughters and three sons.
▪ Bill was told he would never be able to father children.
3. like a father
▷ paternal /pəˈtɜːʳnl/ [adjective]
paternal feelings are like the feelings that a good father has for his children :
▪ Although he had no children of his own, he took a kind of paternal interest in Katie’s progress at school.
▷ fatherly /ˈfɑːðəʳli/ [adjective]
behaving in a kind way towards someone who is younger than you, which shows you care about them a lot, as if you were their father :
▪ Do you mind if I give you some fatherly advice?
▪ From the plane window he could still see the two young women, and gave them a fatherly wave.