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birth
[burth]
noun
an act or instance of being born.
the day of his birth.
the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition.
a difficult birth.
lineage; extraction; descent.
of Grecian birth.
Synonyms: , , , ,high or noble lineage.
to be foolishly vain about one's birth.
natural heritage.
a musician by birth.
any coming into existence; origin; beginning.
the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.
Synonyms: , , , ,Archaic.something that is born.
verb (used with object)
to give birth to.
to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for.
birth
/ ɜːθ /
noun
the process of bearing young; parturition; childbirth
the act or fact of being born; nativity
the coming into existence of something; origin
ancestry; lineage
of high birth
noble ancestry
a man of birth
natural or inherited talent
an artist by birth
archaicthe offspring or young born at a particular time or of a particular mother
to bear (offspring)
to produce, originate, or create (an idea, plan, etc)
verb
to bear or bring forth (a child)
birth
The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of its mother, seen in all mammals except monotremes.
Present at birth, as a defect in a bodily structure.
Other Word Forms
- multibirth noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of birth1
Word History and Origins
Origin of birth1
Idioms and Phrases
give birth to,
to bear (a child).
to initiate; originate.
Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.
Example Sentences
A zoo is celebrating the birth of rare and endangered pygmy slow loris twins.
According to Amnesty International, South Africa has one of the most unequal school systems in the world - with a child's outcome very much dependent on their place of birth, wealth and colour of their skin.
Sequeira reports for The Times’ early childhood education initiative, focusing on the learning and development of California children from birth to age 5.
BBC News spoke to dads across Europe about how much time they can take off work after the birth of their children - and how that has changed fatherhood for them.
Even though she is a citizen by birth, she says that she’s taken to carrying a copy of her birth certificate with her everywhere she goes as a precaution.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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