birth

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

births

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

birth

past (v2)

birthed

past participle (v3)

birthed

present participle

birthing

3rd person singular

births

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

2. 2.An instance of childbirth.

   • Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
   • In Greece a child was given its name on the seventh or tenth day after birth.

3. 3.A beginning or start; a point of origin.

4. 4.The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

   • He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
   • Lucy […] had no fortune, which, though a minor evil, was an evil; and she had no birth, in the high-life sense of the word, which was a greater evil.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.A familial relationship established by childbirth.

   • Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To produce, give rise to.

   • Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.

2. 2.To bear or give birth to (a child).

   • I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!

Overall

Common· #1558

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Antonyms

• death

Word family

• birthday