fathers
fathers is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, fathers is hyphenated as:
Definitions offathers
- A (generally human) male who begets a child.
Example: "My father was a strong influence on me."
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Example: "Come, father; you can sit here."
- A term of respectful address for a priest.
- A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
Example: "My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced."
- The founder of a discipline or science.
Example: "Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics."
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- Something inanimate that begets.
- A senator of Ancient Rome.
- To be a father to; to sire.
- To give rise to.
- To act as a father; to support and nurture.
- To provide with a father.
- To adopt as one's own.
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