faithful
English
Etymology
From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪθ.fəl/
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Adjective
faithful (comparative more faithful, superlative most faithful)
- Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
- My dog is a very faithful dog: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.
- Having faith.
- 2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion (page 162)
- The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church.
- 2009, Paul Lakeland, Church: Living Communion (page 162)
- Reliable; worthy of trust.
- My servant is very faithful.
- Consistent with reality.
- I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
- Engaging in sexual relations only with one's spouse or long-term sexual partner.
- They had been faithful to each other all of their married life.
- (mathematics) Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
Derived terms
Translations
loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
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having faith
reliable; worthy of trust
consistent with reality
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See also
Noun
faithful (plural faithfuls)
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