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faithful.

Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/
  1. Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

    My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.
  2. Having faith.

  3. Reliable; worthy of trust.

    My servant is very faithful.
  4. Consistent with reality.

    I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
  5. 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.
  6. Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.

  7. Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful.

noun/ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/
  1. The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.

    noun · plural
    The faithful pray five times a day.
    The annual meeting was attended by the long-term party faithful.
  2. Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English feithful, equivalent to faith + -ful.

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