sire 1 of 2

verb

Definition of sirenext
as in to beget
to become the father of the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners

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noun

ˈsī(-ə)r How to pronounce sire (audio)
1
as in dad
a male human parent his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer

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2
as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art

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Recent Examples of sire
Verb
He was brought to the United States that year, and has since sired four calves. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026 There are several Nick Cannons — the TV host, the actor, the occasional hip-hop artist, the penitent, and, perhaps the most famous Cannon, the fertile father of 12 who sired five children in 2022 alone. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Noun
After a home inspection and orientation, breeder caretakers commit to housing and caring for a female dog (aka dam) for about five years, or six to seven years for a male (sire). — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 23 Mar. 2026 That was Sunday Silence who, thanks to Hancock's tenacity that the horse was worthy, would retire to become one of the greatest sires in the history of thoroughbred breeding in Japan. — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sire
  1. beget
  2. dad
  3. founder
  4. father
  5. daddy
  6. creator
  7. spawn
  8. produce
Verb
  • The event might beget an ecological collapse or perhaps a mass extinction event.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Non-consensually posted intimate images can devastate women – and beget male bonding.
    — Brittany Luse, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of beget
Noun
  • Remember, parents with kids this age are also the ones that are still living with their mom and dad, have to have coloring books and fidget toys at work to settle their nerves and focus and flat out refuse to grow up.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Every single person, apart from me and him and the guy who plays his dad, are all real people.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dad
Noun
  • Ideas my co-founder Fredrik and I used to dream up in a taxi and ship within a week now needed to be cross-checked by dozens of people across half as many departments.
    — Daniel Kjellén, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Why Airbnb’s founder became its chief recruiter Chesky thinks he was born a good founder.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of founder
Verb
  • Most historians already accept that the author of the Declaration of Independence fathered children with Hemings, but the DNA testing done over the years to settle the case did not involve samples from Jefferson himself.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Urker, who also fathered a baby girl, Aurora, with Blanchard, was found dead Thursday in Raceland, Louisiana.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of father
Noun
  • Is class the best lens for understanding Hitler’s appeal, or is daddy worship?
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Still, there’s something to the earnestness with which the movie does finally have its daddy issues and its cetacean ones intersect.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of daddy
Noun
  • The two saw that media companies were overly reliant on social media for distribution, and that profits were flowing to the likes of Facebook rather than to the creators of content.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Series creator Quinn Shephard made the very good movie Not Okay and has a strong grasp of teenage angst, so The Body seems pretty promising.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of creator
Verb
  • In Albania, where anger over development in a nature preserve has spawned an antigovernment movement, protesters hurled Molotov cocktails.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The group has also spawned multiple side projects, including 50FootWave and Lakuna.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of spawn
Verb
  • Co-produced by John Congleton, the record swaps synth-pop for gutter-punk, with distorted guitars and clattering surf riffs as its weapons of choice.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • However, this movie carries a hefty $100 million price tag (stop-motion animation is labor-intensive and takes years to produce) and likely won’t turn a theatrical profit.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
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“Sire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sire. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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