FATHER vs FAMILY: NOUN
- In general, any real or apparent generating cause or source; that which gives rise to anything; a mainspring or moving element in a system or a process: as, “the boy is father of the man.”
- One who creates, invents, originates, or establishes anything; the author, former, or contriver; a founder, director, or instructor; the first to practise any art; specifically, in the plural, the authors, founders, or first promoters of any great work, movement, or organization: as, Gutenberg was the father of printing; the fathers of the church (which see, below); the pilgrim fathers (see pilgrim); the fathers of the American Constitution.
- In universities, originally, a regent master fulfilling certain functions toward an inceptor; now, a fellow of a college appointed to attend a university examination in the interest of the students of that college.
- The eldest member of any profession, or of any body: as, father of the bar (the oldest practitioner of law); father of the House of Representatives or of the House of Commons (the man who has been a member of the body for the longest continuous period).
- The title of a senator in ancient Rome. See conscript fathers, under conscript.
- A member of one of various Roman Catholic fraternities: as, Fathers of the Oratory, etc.
- A title given to dignitaries of the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches, to officers of monasteries and commonly to monks in general, and to confessors and priests.
- A respectful title bestowed on a venerable man; an appellation of reverence or honor: as, Father Abraham.
- [capitalized] In orthodox Christian phraseology, the first person of the Trinity.
- [capitalized] The Supreme Being.
- One who exercises paternal care over another; a fatherly protector or provider.
- One who through marriage or adoption occupies the position of a male parent; a father-in-law; a stepfather.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a lineal male ancestor, especially the first ancestor; the progenitor or founder of a race, family, or line: as, Ishmael was the father of the Bedouins of the desert.
- He who begets a child; the nearest male ancestor; a male parent: so called in relation to the child.
- The Sultan of Turkey.
- Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
- A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
- A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
- A church father.
- One of the leading men, as of a city.
- An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
- The first person of the Christian Trinity.
- God.
- A man who serves or is thought of as a protector.
- A man who creates, originates, or founds something.
- A male ancestor.
- A male parent of an animal.
- A man who raises a child.
- A man who adopts a child.
- A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
- A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
- A person who founds or establishes some institution
- (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 Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- The founder of a family
- The head of an organized crime family
- A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- `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
- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- A group of instrument having the same basic method of tone production.
- A group of people who live together, or one that is similar to one that is related by blood, marriage, law, or custom, or members of one's intimate social group.
- A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- A kin, tribe; also called extended family.
- A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom.
- A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family.
- Pregnant.
- Like one belonging to the family.
- A group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation.
- A man of domestic habits.
- See under Circle.
- A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
- A group of kindred or closely related individuals
- Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock.
- Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
- Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house
- The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
- The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
- A cluster of microscopic plants formed by the adherence of a number of individuals; a colony.
- Descent: especially, noble or respectable stock: as, a man of good family.
- Course of descent; genealogy.
- Specifically In scientific classifications, a group of individuals more comprehensive than a genus and less so than an order, based on fewer or less definite points of physical resemblance than the former, and on more or more definite ones than the latter.
- Hence Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- In the most general sense, those who descend from a common progenitor; a tribe or race; kindred; lineage.
- In a narrow use, the children of the same parents, considered collectively apart from the parents: as, they (a husband and wife) have a large family to care for; a family of children.
- Parents with their children, whether they dwell together or not; in a more general sense, any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins: often used in a restricted sense only of a group of parents and children founded upon the principle of monogamy.
- The collective body of persons who form one household under one head and one domestic government, including parents, children, and servants, and as sometimes used even lodgers or boarders.
- In petrography the term is used by Rosenbusch to embrace igneous rocks which are alike in composition and texture: as, the family of syenitic rocks; the family of essexite; the family of phonolitic rocks. In the quantitative system of classification (1902) it is suggested that the term be applied to a group of igneous rocks which are developed from the same parent magma by processes of differentiation — that is, any group of consanguineous rocks.
- Any of the three generations of elementary fermions.
- A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
- A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
- A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
- A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
- A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
- A group of individuals derived from a common stock.
- A group of like things; a class.
- A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
- People in the same line of descent; lineage.
- A group of persons related by descent or marriage.
- The children of one of these groups.
- A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
- A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- A person having kinship with another or others
- A collection of things sharing a common attribute
- An association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- A social unit living together
- People descended from a common ancestor
- Primary social group; parents and children
FATHER vs FAMILY: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Being suitable for a family.
- Of or having to do with a family.
FATHER vs FAMILY: VERB
- Make children
- N/A
FATHER vs FAMILY: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To act or serve as a father.
- To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
- To create, found, or originate.
- To act or serve as a father to (a child).
- To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
- N/A
FATHER vs FAMILY: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To provide with a father.
- To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
- To make one's self the father of; to beget.
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FATHER vs FAMILY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- The best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome
- In the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church
- Make (offspring) by reproduction
- To ascribe or charge to one as his offspring or production; fix the generation or authorship of: with on or upon.
- To give a father to; furnish with a father.
- To assume as one's own; profess or acknowledge one's self to be the owner or author of.
- To acknowledge or treat as a son or daughter; act as a father toward.
- To beget as a father; become the father or progenitor of.
- Parents and children
- Primary social group
- Pertaining to or connected with the family.
- (idiom) (in the family way) Pregnant.
FATHER vs FAMILY: RELATED WORDS
- Beginner, Male parent, Father god, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
- Kinsperson, Phratry, Family unit, Sept, Category, Menage, Folk, Class, Fellowship, Kinsfolk, Household, Kin, Home, Kinfolk, House
FATHER vs FAMILY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Engender, Beginner, Male parent, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
- Siblings, Relatives, Phratry, Sept, Category, Menage, Folk, Class, Fellowship, Kinsfolk, Household, Kin, Home, Kinfolk, House
FATHER vs FAMILY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Show a picture representing the prodigal son and ask how the father in the story is like our Heavenly Father.
- Acknoledgement of Paternity, the legally presumed father can be replaced by the biological father on the birth certificate.
- Are there forms to disestablish the wrong father and establish the correct father at the same time?
- Even though the son rebels against his father, when he returns, broken and repentant, his father joyfully has mercy on him.
- Russian Father Christmas, is now considered to be her Grandfather rather than her father, as in the old story.
- First, my father led me from behind and I was riding on my father.
- But we will be getting the required amount as gift deeds from my father and father in law.
- Father, and that the Father is in me?
- League to the following: youngest father present, Brian Harper; oldest father present, Thedford Wood; and father with the most children present, Alan Price.
- Father Sullivan, Father Sharp, Father Downing, Sister Mary Elizabeth and Sister George!
- Every family will understand that family disputes do happen, but they are not something to flaunt in public.
- Having You In Our Family Makes It The Most Colorful Family Which We Used To Read On Stories.
- Family Dispute Resolution is a process for resolving disputes about the care of children in family matters.
- To Chris Chustz, family is everything, but family for him takes on a wider meaning than most.
- If you are helping your family members to run a family business, this counts!
- Plugged In exists to help you and your family make family appropriate entertainment choices.
- Family size and income will determine if the family is eligible.
- Family plans: Which carrier is the best for your family?
- The whole Strnad family was a very happy family.
- Scarfo Family, the Lucchese Family, the Genovese Family, and the Gambino Family.
FATHER vs FAMILY: QUESTIONS
- Who is the father of Microbiology and protozoology?
- Why is Durkheim considered the father of Sociology?
- What happened to father Kastner in 'the Conjuring'?
- Is Prince Andrew's father Lord Porchester the Queen's biological father?
- What do you say to your step father on father's day?
- Does Ellie know Morgan's father is not her biological father?
- Is Sean Astin's father really not his father after all?
- Who was the father of Samantha's Father on Bewitched?
- Why did Benita's father stare at her father blankly?
- What happened to Madeleine McCann's Father Father Pacheco?
- Is it unreasonable to Want Your Ex's family as your family?
- Why is the world family tree better than other family trees?
- What episode of Family Guy is the Griffin family in it?
- What is the family preference category for family-based green cards?
- Is there a family feud between spokes h and his family?
- When does a family trust pass the family control test?
- How do I remove a family member from family sharing?
- Which family of elements belong to the transition metal family?
- How is a family home constituted under the Family Code?
- Does family structure and family change affect child wellbeing?