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paternity
/pəˈtɜːnɪti/
noun 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
right
VERB + PATERNITY
leave, paid, settle, submit, took
PATERNITY + NOUN
book's
PREP.
in, on, on
Definitions
noun
1
Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
2
Parental descent from a father.
3
Legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child.
4
Authorship.
The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
noun — the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
- fatherhood
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The author asserted her right to paternity on the book's copyright page.
Wiktionary02
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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