paternity

UK /pəˈtɜːnɪti/ US /pəˈtɜːnɪti/

noun 4

Definitions

noun

Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.

Parental descent from a father.

Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.

Authorship.

The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.

ADJ.

right

VERB + PATERNITY

leave, paid, settle, submit, took

PATERNITY + NOUN

book's

PREP.

in, on, on

noun — the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing

noun — the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.

Wiktionary

Tom is on paternity leave.

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We should guarantee paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave, too. That’s how you value families.

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Finland offers fathers nine weeks of paternity leave.

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Many countries supplement pregnancy and maternity leave with at least a few weeks of paternity leave.

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A team of forensics experts Thursday opened the tomb of famed Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali to take DNA samples to settle a paternity suit.

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