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birth
(b/[@]/r/T/ )

noun (n)

  • the time when something begins (especially life)(noun.time)
    Example:
    They divorced after the birth of the child.
    His election signaled the birth of a new age.
    Antonym:
    death, demise, dying
    source: wordnet30
  • the event of being born(noun.event)
    Example:
    They celebrated the birth of their first child.
    Synonym:
    nascence, nascency, nativity
    Antonym:
    death, decease, expiry
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of giving birth(noun.process)
    Synonym:
    birthing, giving birth, parturition
    source: wordnet30
  • the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents(noun.linkdef)
    Synonym:
    parentage
    source: wordnet30
  • a baby born; an offspring(noun.person)
    Example:
    The overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births.
    source: wordnet30
  • The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • See Berth.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

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