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father Noun

— The father of a person is the man who is one of that person's parents. The father of Bill Smith IV is Bill Smith III.

father Verb

— To have children (only applies to males) He fathered six children in six years.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

daughter Noun

— A daughter is a female child of someone. I am her father and she is my daughter.

in Preposition

— Used to show that something is inside something else. The cat is in the box. — Used to show that someone is at home, or is available. Is John in? The Doctor is now in. — Used to show movement towards the inside. The rain came in through the window.

law Noun

— Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation. We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law. We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law. The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005. — The law is the police. — A law is something that is always true. — Law is the study of laws.