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Meaning of 'birth' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Birth [ n.]
- The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
- Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
- The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
- The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
- That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
- Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
- See Berth.

Meaning of 'birth' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . birth [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the time when something begins (especially life)
Example in sentence:
  • his election signaled the birth of a new age;
  • they divorced after the birth of the child
Meaning (2):
- a baby born; an offspring
Example in sentence:
  • the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
Meaning (3):
- the event of being born
Example in sentence:
  • they celebrated the birth of their first child
4 . birth [ v]
Meaning (4):
- cause to be born
Example in sentence:
  • My wife had twins yesterday!

Nearby Words:

biradiate biradiated biramous birch birched birchen birches birching bird bird cage

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