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PRONUNCIATION OF LONE FATHER

lone father  [ləʊn ˈfɑːðə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONE FATHER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lone father is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LONE FATHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lone father in the English dictionary

The definition of lone father in the dictionary is a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LONE FATHER


Bairnsfather
ˈbɛənzˌfɑːðə
farther
ˈfɑːðə
father
ˈfɑːðə
forefather
ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə
godfather
ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə
grandfather
ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə
great-grandfather
ˌɡreɪtˈɡrændfɑːðə
great-great-grandfather
ˌɡreɪtˌɡreɪtˈɡrændˌfɑːðə
housefather
ˈhaʊsˌfɑːðə
how´s-your-father
ˈhaʊzjəˈfɑːðə
lather
ˈlɑːðə
Mithgarthr
ˈmɪðˌɡɑːðə
rather
ˈrɑːðə
stepfather
ˈstɛpˌfɑːðə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONE FATHER

lone
lone hand
lone mother
lone pair
lone parent
lone star state
lone wolf
lone-parent family
lonelier
loneliest
lonelily
loneliness
lonely
lonely hearts
lonely hearts ad
lonely hearts club
lonely hearts column
loneness
loner
lonesome

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONE FATHER

all-weather
birds of a feather
breather
Fairweather
feather
foster father
gather
heather
Heavenly Father
Holy Father
leather
other
Our Father
patent leather
peacock feather
September weather
simulated leather
sunbather
tail feather
weather
white leather

Synonyms and antonyms of lone father in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lone father» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONE FATHER

Find out the translation of lone father to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lone father from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lone father» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

孤独的父亲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

padre solitario
570 millions of speakers

English

lone father
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अकेला पिता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

والد وحيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одинокий отец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pai solitário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একমাত্র পিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

père seul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ayah tunggal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lone Vater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

孤独な父親
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외로운 아버지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lone bapak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cha đơn độc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனியாக தந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकमेव वडील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yalnız baba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

padre solitario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samotny ojciec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Одинокий батько
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tată singur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοναχικός πατέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eensaam vader
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ensamstående far
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ensom far
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lone father

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONE FATHER»

The term «lone father» is used very little and occupies the 190.462 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONE FATHER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lone father

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONE FATHER»

Discover the use of lone father in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lone father and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Family, Gender and Kinship in Australia: The Social and ...
In practice, this radical gendered situation in lone-father families may be attenuated in many ways. Lonefather families had a heavy involvement of female relatives of either living or dead spouses. In one such family I encountered in Newcastle ...
Allon J. Uhlmann, 2006
2
Father Involvement in Canada: Diversity, Renewal, and ...
Lone Fathers A lone father is defined here as a man living with at least one child aged 24 years or younger but not living with a marital spouse or common-law partner. Approximately 215,000 men aged 15 to 64 were lone fathers in 2006.
Jessica Ball, Kerry J. Daly, 2012
3
Single Mothers In International Context: Mothers Or Workers?
The film portrays a divorce case in which husband and wife fight over the custody of their child, and where the father's case is presented highly favourably. A cynical interpretation of such public attention to the plight of lone-father families is that ...
Duncan, Simon; Edwards, Rosalind, Simon Duncan, Simon Duncan University of Bradford; Rosalind Edwards South Bank University.,, 2013
4
Fathers and Daughters
Tom and his daughters illustrate in this and other chapters that as a lone father, he seems to have as close or closer relationship to his daughters than is found in two-parent families, or even in some lone mother families. In Britain, the Children  ...
Sue Sharpe, 2013
5
Children with 2 homes
... $K) 33,640 38,860 34,281 43,942 39,670 45,904 Costs in lone-parent homes ( in $K) 42,387 51,083 44,695 56,840 50,435 58,775 Costs in lone-father homes ( in $K) 8,747 12,222 10,414 12,899 10,765 12,871 Number of lone-parent homes  ...
Lucien Khodeir, 2008
6
Lone Parents, Poverty, and Public Policy in Ireland: A ...
Table 2.4 Number of lone-parent families (head of household) with at least one child under 18: Ireland 1989 No /o Couple Lone parent - lone mother - lone father Total Source: Roll ( 1991 ) special tabulations from the Labour Force Survey ...
J. Millar, Sandra Leeper, Celia Davies, 1992
7
The Father's Role: Cross Cultural Perspectives
where custody and care arrangements were agreed between the couple at the time of separation (O'Brien. l980). A number of variables were significantly related to the respondents' feelings of competence in the lone-father role at the time of ...
M. E. Lamb, 2013
8
Contemporary Fathering: Theory, Policy and Practice
Lone parent families are younger than married couple families and lone mother families younger than lone father families. There are important variations in relation to ethnicity.2 Among all families, those headed by a person of non- White  ...
Brid Featherstone, 2009
9
BTEC First Caring
Twenty per cent of families with dependent children are lone- parent families led by a lone mother, with just 2 per cent led by a lone father. While some lone- parent families may be well off, many are disadvantaged. A family expenditure survey ...
Neil Moonie, Yvonne Nolan, Siân Lavers, 2003
10
Middle Childhood: The Perspectives of Children and Parents
On the down side, one lone father felt people expected him to be exclusively preoccupied with his children and fathering duties, forgetting he was also a person in his own right. Similarly a group of single mothers also talked about always ...
Moira Borland, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONE FATHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lone father is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Marriage referendum
The 2011 Census gives a figure of 5,403 households where a lone father is raising one or more children, with the oldest child younger than 15. «Irish Times, Feb 15»
2
Insurance ad category begins its journey of self-discovery
The films have more in common than length and media budgets: they even share a familiar familial composition - lone father, no mother, ... «Economic Times, Feb 15»
3
Queensland election 2015: Palaszczuk promises costings
In Waterford, she made the school nurses announcement and spoke to children, and mothers and a lone father who all have sons or daughters ... «The Australian, Jan 15»
4
Labor leader John Robertson quits after letter supporting Sydney …
Mr Robertson then wrote to Monis after his request was denied, referring to the organisation Lone Father Association of Australia for further ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
5
Monis letters from Robertson released
Mr Robertson then wrote to Monis after his request was denied, referring to the organisation Lone Father Association of Australia for further ... «Sky News Australia, Dec 14»
6
Redlands East Valley win is one big happy family feeling
Perhaps that old adage about the acorn not falling far from the tree is accurate as Dick and Kurt join Bob and Nick Baiz as the lone father-son ... «San Bernardino County Sun, Dec 14»
7
Retired stockbroker guilty of killing young mother when he lost …
Mr Dutton-Brooks, who has written an award-winning blog about coping with grief while raising their son as a lone father, today condenmed ... «Evening Standard, Dec 14»
8
Movie review: 'Big Hero 6'
As the lone father figure in Hiro's life, Tadashi tries to persuade Hiro, who graduated high school at 13, to use his genius in a positive way. «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Nov 14»
9
2014 Sundance Film Festival Shorts on Tour
... through the intimacy of child giving parent a haircut in the kitchen and then drift apart as we see the lone father put the thawing chicken for the ... «Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun, Sep 14»
10
Idaho returns 6 boys to polygamous sect
Murray asked each mother and the lone father whether he or she was ready to be a parent. Each answered yes. "I have always been their ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Aug 14»

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