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DAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Synonyms:
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa; pop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dad" is a kind of...):
begetter; father; male parent (a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father))
Context examples:
Hughes says: There has been an assumption that it’s really difficult to get dads involved in research like this.
(Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers, University of Cambridge)
The dad raised their wages all round to recompense them for the annoyance.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
‘Tell me, dad,’ said she, looking, I thought, a little disturbed, ‘did you give Lucy, the maid, leave to go out to-night?’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Lead author, Professor Claire Hughes from Cambridge’s Centre for Family Research, said: “For too long, the experiences of first-time dads has either been side-lined or treated in isolation from that of mums. This needs to change because difficulties in children’s early relationships with both mothers and fathers can have long-term effects.###!!!###
(Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers, University of Cambridge)
Mr. McCarthy was the only man alive who had known dad in the old days in Victoria.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
‘Look here, dad,’ said he with his eyes cast down, ‘can you let me have £ 200?’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
‘Quite sure, dad.’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
