faithful
US: /ˈfeɪθfəɫ/
UK: /fˈeɪθfəl/
UK: /fˈeɪθfəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
faithful /'feiθfuli/
- tính từ
- trung thành, chung thuỷ, trung nghĩa
- có lương tâm
- đáng tin cậy
- trung thực, chính xác
- a faithful report: báo cáo trung thực, báo cáo chính xác
- the faithful
- những người ngoan đạo
- những tín đồ đạo Hồi
- những người trung thành
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 ~ (to sb/sth) staying with or supporting a particular person, organization or belief
Synonym: LOYAL
a faithful servant / friend / dog + He remained faithful to the ideals of the party until his death. + She was rewarded for her 40 years' faithful service with the company. + I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years.
2 (the faithful) noun [pl.] people who believe in a religion; the loyal supporters of a political party: The president will keep the support of the party faithful.
3 (of a wife, husband or partner) ~ (to sb) not having a sexual relationship with anyone else
4 ~ (to sth) true and accurate; not changing anything: a faithful copy / account / description / representation + His translation manages to be faithful to the spirit of the original.
5 [only before noun] able to be trusted; that you can rely on: a faithful worker / correspondent + my faithful old car
faithfulness noun [U]: faithfulness to tradition + She had doubts about his faithfulness.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 true, loyal, devoted, steadfast, dedicated, attached, unswerving, firm, staunch, unwavering, constant:
He has always remained faithful to his wife.
2 close, exact, accurate, true, correct, precise, perfect, valid; literal:
Jowett's is a faithful translation from the Greek.
3 conscientious, dutiful, scrupulous, careful, meticulous, thorough, punctilious, finicky or finical, detailed, fastidious, rigorous, rigid, severe, particular:
He received a gold watch for fifty years of faithful attendance to his duties.
4 reliable, dependable, trusted, trustworthy, trusty, honest, true, truthful, righteous, right, moral, virtuous, upright, veracious:
He has remained my faithful friend for many years.
Collocation dictionary
1 loyal
VERBS
be | remain, stay
soldiers who stayed faithful to the king
ADV.
extremely, very
He has been a very faithful friend to me.
| absolutely, entirely, utterly
PREP.
to
He had remained entirely faithful to his wife.
2 accurate
VERBS
be
ADV.
remarkably, very | fairly, quite
PREP.
to
The film is quite faithful to the original novel.
Concise English dictionary
'feɪθfʊl
noun
+any loyal and steadfast following
+a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
adj.
+steadfast in affection or allegiance
+marked by fidelity to an original
+not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
