Fatherhood - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfɑːðərhʊd|  American pronunciation of the word fatherhood
Brit.  |ˈfɑːðəhʊd|  British pronunciation of the word fatherhood

noun

- the kinship relation between an offspring and the father (syn: paternity)
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity (syn: father)
- the status of a religious leader
- the status of a father

Extra examples

He became a father when he was 30.

He's the father of three small children.

He has been like a father to me.

He was a father to me after my own father died.

He was praised for fathering a plan to improve the city's schools.

...Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered....

The idea of fatherhood frightens me.

The young man seemed to be loaded down with the worries of fatherhood.

Fatherhood seems to have brought out the caring side of him.

I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.

Fatherhood doesn't immediately spring to mind when you think of James.

After about a year I gave in to the pull of fatherhood.

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