Definitions for birth
bɜrθbirth

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthnoun

   the time when something begins (especially life)

   "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"

2. birth, nativity, nascency, nascencenoun

   the event of being born

   "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

3. parturition, birth, giving birth, birthingnoun

   the process of giving birth

4. parentage, birthnoun

   the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

5. birthverb

   a baby born; an offspring

   "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"

6. give birth, deliver, bear, birth, haveverb

   cause to be born

   "My wife had twins yesterday!"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birthnoun

   The process of childbearing.

2. birthnoun

   An instance of childbirth.

3. birthnoun

   A beginning or start; a point of origin.

4. birthnoun

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

   He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.

5. birthverb

   To bear or give birth to (a child).

6. birthverb

   To produce, give rise to.

7. birthadjective

   A familial relationship established by childbirth.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Birthnoun

   the act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son

2. Birthnoun

   lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction

3. Birthnoun

   the condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency

4. Birthnoun

   the act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth

5. Birthnoun

   that which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable

6. Birthnoun

   origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire

7. Birthnoun

   see Berth

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Birth

   Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring from the uterus. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. The time of human birth is defined as the time at which the fetus comes out of the mother's womb into the world. Different forms of birth are oviparity, vivipary and ovovivipary.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Birth

   bėrth, n. a ship's station at anchor. [Same as Berth.]

2. Birth

   bėrth, n. the act of bearing or bringing forth: the offspring born: dignity of family: origin.—n. Birth′day, the day on which one is born, or the anniversary of that day.—adj. relating to the day of one's birth.—ns. Birth′day-book, a book in diary form, in which the birthdays of one's friends are entered in their autographs; Birth′dom (Shak.), birthright; Birth′-mark, a peculiar mark on one's body at birth; Birth′night, the night on which one is born, or the anniversary of that night; Birth′place, the place of one's birth; Birth′right, the right or privilege to which one is entitled by birth: native rights.—adj. Birth′-strang′led (Shak.), strangled in birth.—n. Birth′-wort, a genus of perennial plants, formerly used medicinally in cases of difficult parturition. [M. E. birÞe, prob. Scand.; cf. Goth, ga-baurÞs, Ger. ge-burt.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. birth

   The act of being born.

   The cow gave birth to her calf and it was such a joyous sight.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020  

2. birth

   The natural movement of a baby through the birth canal, cervix and then out of the vagina of their mother.

   The birth of the baby is a miracle they both agree.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Beginning
   • Kinship

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'birth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1982

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'birth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3005

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'birth' in Nouns Frequency: #780

How to pronounce birth?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say birth in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of birth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of birth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of birth in a Sentence

1. Christina Rossetti:

   Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...

2. John Coates:

   Next year, in 2021, if Japan is anywhere like the rest of the world, there is an economic downturn, a recession maybe, these Games are a very positive opportunity for an economic stimulus, these Games can be how you kickstart the economy again. These Games could be the re-birth of the tourism industry, these Games could provide opportunities for hotel operators, for your airlines.

3. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.

4. Paul Jarris:

   In terms of preterm birth and infant mortality, the United States has the highest rates of any of the developed nations, our rates are more similar to that of developing nations. So the message, from my point of view, is that we cannot be complacent.

5. Pablito Felix Ramirez:

   I was born in the Dominican Republic and my mom died when I was 7. I never had a birth certificate.

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