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# father

«father» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man who has a child; a dad** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (father, fathers); verb (father — to become the father of)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A father is a man who has a child; a dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#m1)

2) A father is also a man who takes care of a child as a parent, like a stepfather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#m2)

3) Father is a title for some priests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#m3)

4) The father of something is the person who started it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a person in the story; often in age problems («3 times as old» means multiply; both get older by the same amount) or giving things; everyday life: family, Father's Day; stories: fathers and children in tales; science: animal fathers like the emperor penguin

### examples

- Her father is 40 years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x1)
- His father gave him $10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x2)
- The father is 3 times as old as his son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x3)
- Father bought 2 pizzas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x4)
- My father takes me to swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x5)
- We made cards for Father's Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x6)
- The penguin father keeps the egg warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x7)
- His grandfather is his father's father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x8)
- Which was taller, Father or Mother? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/#x9)

### note

A person. In age problems «3 times as old» means multiply. Trap: in a few years both father and child get older by the same amount. «Dad» and «daddy» are friendly words for father.

### In the corpora

- [Paternity leave is time off work for a new father; in Britain it is usually two weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/14/)
- [Wolves live in packs that are usually a family: a mother, a father and their young of different ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/4/)
- [Tamarins and marmosets usually have twins, and the father and older brothers and sisters carry the babies most of the time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/9/)
- [Emperor penguin fathers keep the egg warm on their feet for about two months without eating.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/13/)
- [Female Komodo dragons in British zoos laid eggs that hatched with no father, a rare virgin birth called parthenogenesis.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «father» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/father/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.