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Learn to pronounce fa·ther

/ˈfäT͟Hər/
noun
  1. a man in relation to his child or children.
    "Margaret's father died at an early age"
    synonyms: male parent, birth father, biological father, begetter, patriarch, paterfamilias, dad, daddy, pop, poppa, pa, old boy, old man, adoptive father, foster father, stepfather, pater
  2. (often as a title or form of address) a priest.
    "pray for me, father"
    synonyms: priest, pastor, parson, clergyman, father confessor, churchman, man of the cloth, man of God, cleric, minister, preacher, abbé, curé, reverend, padre
  3. early Christian theologians (in particular of the first five centuries) whose writings are regarded as especially authoritative.

verb
(of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child).
"he fathered three children"
synonyms: be the father of, sire, engender, generate, bring into being, bring into the world, give life to, spawn, procreate, reproduce, breed, beget

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