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Type Words
Synonyms birthing, giving birth, parturition
Type of biological process, organic process
Has types lying-in, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, travail, vaginal birth, confinement, egg laying, laying, labour, labor, farrow, incubation, hatching, farrowing, hatch, brooding, accouchement, calving, parturiency
Derivation be born
Type Words
Synonyms nascence, nascency, nativity
Type of change, modification, alteration
Has types posthumous birth, delivery, live birth, rebirth, reincarnation, renascence
Derivation be born


they celebrated the birth of their first child.
Type Words
Synonyms parentage
Type of kinship, family relationship, relationship
Type Words
Synonyms bear, deliver, give birth, have
Type of produce, bring forth
Has types gestate, foal, farrow, expect, drop, fawn, twin, pup, pig, litter, lamb, kitten, have young, have a bun in the oven, cub, carry, calve, bear, whelp
Verb group carry, have a bun in the oven, expect, bear, gestate
Type Words
Type of soul, somebody, person, individual, someone, mortal


the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births.
Type Words
Type of beginning, get-go, kickoff, start, outset, offset, showtime, first, commencement, starting time
Has types cradle
Derivation be born


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

Examples of birth

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They are hoping that the elephant will give birth to a real-live woolly mammoth.
From the abcnews.go.com
The first dose is given right after birth, before the child leaves the hospital.
From the orlandosentinel.com
My uncle returned to the United States, the land of his birth, at the age of 16.
From the dailyherald.com
There are worldwide epidemics of obesity, diabetes, cancers, birth defects, etc.
From the latimes.com
His wife, Dianne, had given birth to their second son two days before the crash.
From the kansas.com
I wish my 10 year old had seen the birth of skating he seems such a part of now.
From the latimes.com
His life stabilized, they said, with his marriage and the birth of his daughter.
From the sacbee.com
European women had lower rates of premature births and low-birth weight infants.
From the sciencedaily.com
The Apgar score is a quick and simple way to assess a baby's condition at birth.
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More examples
  • Give birth: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"
  • The time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
  • The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
  • Parturition: the process of giving birth
  • Parentage: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
  • A baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
  • Birth (calving in livestock and some other animals, whelping in carnivorous mammals) is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. Different forms of birth are oviparity, vivipary and ovovivipary.
  • Birth is a 2004 film directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston and Cameron Bright. ...
  • Birth is the debut indie album by Index Case, released in 2000.