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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
father
/ˈfaːðə/
noun1 of 2
a male parent
- “An uncle is the brother of your father or mother.”Tatoeba
- “It's thanks to his father that he owns this hotel.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To give rise to.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)