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faithful

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfeithful, equivalent tofaith +‎-ful.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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faithful (comparativemorefaithful,superlativemostfaithful)

  1. Loyal; adhering firmly toperson orcause.
    My dog is veryfaithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.
  2. Havingfaith.
    • 2009, Paul Lakeland,Church: Living Communion, page162:
      The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but morefaithful Church.
  3. Reliable;worthy oftrust.
    My servant is veryfaithful.
  4. Consistent withreality.
    I would consider that a veryfaithful reproduction.
  5. Engaging insexual relations only with one'sspouse or long-termsexual partner.
    They had beenfaithful to each other all of their married life.
    • 1976,The Missouri Breaks:
      She wanted to be free to explore casual affairs, but her man had to befaithful.
  6. (mathematics)Injective in specific contexts, e.g. ofrepresentations inrepresentation orfunctors incategory theory.
  7. (ring theory, of amodule) Whoseannihilator is zero.

Derived terms

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Translations

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loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause
having faith
reliable; worthy of trust
consistent with reality
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See also

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Noun

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faithful (pluralfaithfuls)

  1. (in theplural) The practicing members of areligion or followers of a cause.
    Thefaithful pray five times a day.
  2. Someone or something that is faithful orreliable.
    • 2009 September 30, Bruce DeMara, “Shaw's comedy gets teeth”, inToronto Star‎[2]:
      Earlier this year, as the recession put a damper on ticket sales, Maxwell said the easy route would have been to go for the tried-and-true oldfaithfuls.

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