Sekirov Dictionary

faithful

/ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/

adjective 7
noun 2
forms 4

adjective7

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always staying true to a person or an idea and ready to support them
- My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.
•
Reliable; worthy of trust.
- My servant is very faithful.
•
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.
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Consistent with reality.
- I would consider that a very faithful reproduction.
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Having faith.
- The application of the old discipline, say the conservatives, would probably produce a smaller but more faithful Church. — 2009
Injective in specific contexts, e.g. of representations in representation or functors in category theory.
Of a module, whose annihilator is zero.

noun2

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The practicing members of a religion or followers of a cause.
- The faithful pray five times a day.
- The annual meeting was attended by the long-term party faithful.
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Someone or something that is faithful or reliable.
- 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 old faithfuls. — 2009

forms

faithfuls · more faithful · faithfulest · most faithful

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