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Birth

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Noun

1. birth

the time when something begins (especially life)

Example Sentences:
'they divorced after the birth of the child'
'his election signaled the birth of a new age'

2. birth, nascence, nascency, nativity

the event of being born

Example Sentences:
'they celebrated the birth of their first child'

3. birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition

the process of giving birth

4. birth, parentage

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

5. birth

a baby born; an offspring

Example Sentences:
'the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births'

Verb

6. bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have

cause to be born

Example Sentences:
'My wife had twins yesterday!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Birth

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noun
1. 
the process of bearing young; parturition; childbirth
▶ Related adjective: natal
2. 
the act or fact of being born; nativity
3. 
the coming into existence of something; origin
4. 
ancestry; lineage
of high birth
5. 
noble ancestry
a man of birth
6. 
natural or inherited talent
an artist by birth
7. archaic
the offspring or young born at a particular time or of a particular mother
8.  give birth
verb (transitive) rare
9. 
to bear or bring forth (a child)

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Birth

see synonyms of birth
noun
1. 
the act of bringing forth offspring
2. 
the act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; nativity
3. 
origin or natal background
a Spaniard by birth
4. 
good or noble lineage
a man of birth
5. 
the beginning of anything
the birth of a nation
6. 
an inherited or natural inclination or talent
an actress by birth
verb intransitive, verb transitive
7. 
to give birth (to)
adjective
8. 
relating or related biologically rather than by adoption; natural
often used in combination
birth mother, birthparent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Birth

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n.
1.
a. The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.
b. The act or process of bearing young; parturition: the mare's second birth.
c. The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location: an incident that took place before my birth; a Bostonian by birth.
2.
a. The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance: strong-willed by birth; acquired their wealth through birth.
b. Origin; extraction: of Swedish birth; of humble birth.
c. Noble or high status: persons of birth.
3. A beginning or commencement. See Synonyms at beginning.
tr.v. birthed, birth·ing, births
1. To deliver (a baby).
2. Chiefly Southern US To bear (a child).

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