Engelsk substantiv: father | |||
1. | father (om person) a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His father was born in Atlanta. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | begetter, male parent | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | parent | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | dad, dada, daddy, father-in-law, old man, pa, papa, pappa, pater, pop | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | female parent, mother | ||
2. | father (om person) the founder of a family | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Keep the faith of our forefathers. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | forefather, sire | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | patriarch | ||
3. | Father (om person) `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Padre | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | form of address, priest, title, title of respect | ||
4. | Father (om person) (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Church Father, Father of the Church | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer | ||
Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykk | Ambrose, Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, Hieronymus, Irenaeus, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Saint Ambrose, Saint Athanasius, Saint Augustine, Saint Irenaeus, Saint Jerome, St. Ambrose, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Irenaeus, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom | ||
Overordnet kategori | Christian religion, Christianity | ||
5. | father (om person) a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The tennis fathers ruled in her favor. The city fathers endorsed the proposal. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | leader | ||
6. | Father (om person) God when considered as the first person in the Trinity | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Hear our prayers, Heavenly Father. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Father-God, Fatherhood | ||
Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ | ||
7. | father (om person) a person who founds or establishes some institution | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | George Washington is the father of his country. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | beginner, founder, founding father | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | conceiver, mastermind, originator | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | cofounder, coloniser, colonizer, foundress | ||
8. | father (om person) the head of an organized crime family | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | don | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | chief, head, top dog | ||
Engelsk verb: father | |||
1. | father (i anatomi) make children | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Abraham begot Isaac. Men often father children but don't recognize them. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | beget, bring forth, engender, generate, get, mother, sire | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | create, make | ||