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faith·ful
(fāth′fəl)adj.
1. Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, cause, or idea; loyal.
2. Engaging in sex only with one's spouse or only with one's partner in a sexual relationship.
3.
a. Responsible; conscientious: the faithful discharge of his duties.
b. Dependable; reliable: The faithful engine started right up.
4. Consistent with truth or actuality: a faithful reproduction of the portrait.
5. Having or full of faith.
pl.n.
1. The practicing members of a religious faith, especially of Christianity or Islam: a pilgrimage to Mecca made by the faithful.
2. The steadfast adherents of a faith or cause: a meeting of the party faithful.
faith′ful·ly adv.
faith′ful·ness n.
Synonyms: faithful, loyal, true, constant, steadfast, staunch1
These adjectives mean adhering firmly and devotedly to someone or something that elicits or demands one's fidelity. Faithful and loyal both suggest undeviating attachment, though loyal applies more often to political allegiance: a faithful employee; a loyal citizen. True implies steadiness, sincerity, and reliability: remained true to her innermost beliefs. Constant stresses uniformity and invariability: "But I am constant as the northern star" (Shakespeare).
Steadfast implies fixed, unswerving loyalty: a steadfast ally. Staunch even more strongly suggests unshakable attachment or allegiance: a staunch supporter of the cause.
These adjectives mean adhering firmly and devotedly to someone or something that elicits or demands one's fidelity. Faithful and loyal both suggest undeviating attachment, though loyal applies more often to political allegiance: a faithful employee; a loyal citizen. True implies steadiness, sincerity, and reliability: remained true to her innermost beliefs. Constant stresses uniformity and invariability: "But I am constant as the northern star" (Shakespeare).
Steadfast implies fixed, unswerving loyalty: a steadfast ally. Staunch even more strongly suggests unshakable attachment or allegiance: a staunch supporter of the cause.
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faithful
(ˈfeɪθfʊl)adj
1. having faith; remaining true, constant, or loyal
2. maintaining sexual loyalty to one's lover or spouse
3. consistently reliable: a faithful worker.
4. reliable or truthful: a faithful source.
5. accurate in detail: a faithful translation.
n
6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
7. any group of loyal and steadfast followers
ˈfaithfully adv
ˈfaithfulness n
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faith•ful
(ˈfeɪθ fəl)adj.
1. steady in allegiance or affection; loyal: faithful friends.
2. reliable, trusted, or believed: faithful assurances of help.
3. adhering or true to fact, a standard, or an original; accurate: a faithful copy.
4. strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
5. Obs. full of faith; believing.
n. 6. the faithful,
a. the believers in a faith, esp. the members of a Christian church or the adherents of Islam.
b. the body of loyal members of any party or group.
[1250–1300]
faith′ful•ly, adv.
faith′ful•ness, n.
syn: faithful, constant, loyal imply qualities of stability, dependability, and devotion. faithful implies enduring fidelity to what one is bound to by a pledge, duty, or obligation: a faithful friend. constant suggests lack of change in affections or loyalties: a constant companion through thick and thin. loyal implies firm support and defense of a person, cause, institution, or idea considered to be worthy: a loyal citizen.
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| Noun | 1. |  faithful - any loyal and steadfast following |
| 2. |  faithful - a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given churchsocial group - people sharing some social relation flock - a church congregation guided by a pastor denomination - a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith | |
| Adj. | 1. | faithful - steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor" constant - steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star" true - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" trustworthy, trusty - worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion" unfaithful - not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover" |
| 2. | faithful - marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts" accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" | |
| 3. | faithful - not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife" unfaithful - having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful" |
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faithful
adjective
1. loyal, true, committed, constant, attached, devoted, dedicated, reliable, staunch, truthful, dependable, trusty, steadfast, unwavering, true-blue, immovable, unswerving Older Americans are among this country's most faithful voters. She had remained faithful to her husband.
loyal doubting, false, untrue, unreliable, treacherous, fickle, unfaithful, disloyal, faithless, untrustworthy, perfidious, untruthful, traitorous, unbelieving, inconstant, false-hearted, recreant (archaic)
loyal doubting, false, untrue, unreliable, treacherous, fickle, unfaithful, disloyal, faithless, untrustworthy, perfidious, untruthful, traitorous, unbelieving, inconstant, false-hearted, recreant (archaic)
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faithful
adjective1. Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, a cause, or a duty:
2. Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original:
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Translations
صادِق، دَقيقمُخْلِصمُخْلِص، صادِق
věrnýpřesnýspolehlivý
trofastkorrektnøjagtig
uskollinen
vjeran
réttur, nákvæmurtryggur, trúr
忠実な
성실한
zvest
trogen
เชื่อถือได้
trung thành
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
faithful
[ˈfeɪθfʊl]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
faithful
adj
(= loyal) person, animal, car, service → treu; to be/remain faithful to somebody/something → jdm/einer Sache treu sein/bleiben; to be faithful to one’s promise → sein Versprechen treu halten; to be faithful to somebody’s wishes → jds Wünsche treu erfüllen; she is faithful to her own culture and religion → sie bleibt ihrer eigenen Kultur und Religion treu; they are faithful to each other → sie sind einander treu
(= accurate) adaptation, reproduction, copy → originalgetreu; translation → genau; the translation is faithful to the original/the spirit of the original → die Übersetzung hält sich genau an das Original/an den Geist des Originals
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
faith
(feiθ) noun1. trust or belief. She had faith in her ability.
2. religious belief. Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.
3. loyalty to one's promise. to keep/break faith with someone.
ˈfaithful adjective1. loyal and true; not changing. a faithful friend; faithful to his promise.
2. true or exact. a faithful account of what had happened.
ˈfaithfully adverbYours faithfully
a polite way of ending a formal (usually business) letter which starts with `Dear Sir` or `Dear Madam`. In American English `Sincerely yours` or `Truly yours` is used.
ˈfaithfulness nounˈfaithless adjective
ˈfaithlessness noun
in (all) good faith
sincerely. She made the offer in good faith.
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faithful
→ مُخْلِص věrný trofast treu πιστός fiel uskollinen fidèle vjeran fedele 忠実な 성실한 loyaal lojal wierny fiel верный trogen เชื่อถือได้ sadık trung thành 忠实的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
faithful
a. exacto-a, veraz;
adv. fielmente, exactamente.
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