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| NOUN | 1 | birth | The time when something begins (especially life) |
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| 2 | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | The event of being born | |
| 3 | birth, parturition, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth | |
| 4 | birth, parentage | The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | |
| VERB | 1 | birth, give birth, deliver, bear, have | Cause_to_be_born |
| Sounds | ber'th |
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| Rhymes | berth, childbirth, dearth, and 14 more rhymes in erth... |
| Meaning | The time when something begins (especially life). |
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| Examples | "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" |
| Contrary | death, dying, demise |
| Part of | life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan |
| Broader | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset |
| Narrower | cradle |
| Verbs | birth; be born |
| Meaning | The event of being born. |
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| Examples | "they celebrated the birth of their first child" |
| Synonyms | nativity, nascency, nascence |
| Contrary | death, decease, expiry |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification |
| Narrower | delivery; live birth; posthumous birth; posthumous birth; reincarnation, rebirth, renascence |
| Adjectives | natal |
| Verbs | birth; be born |
| Meaning | The process of giving birth. |
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| Synonyms | parturition, giving birth, birthing |
| Part of | reproduction |
| Broader | organic process, biological process |
| Narrower | brooding, incubation; calving; childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth; farrow, farrowing; hatch, hatching; laying, egg laying; parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed |
| Verbs | birth; be born |
| Meaning | The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. |
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| Synonyms | parentage |
| Broader | kinship, family relationship, relationship |
| Meaning | Cause_to_be_born. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | give birth, deliver, bear, have |
| Similar to | have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect |
| Broader | produce, bring forth |
| Narrower | twin; drop; foal; kitten; lamb; litter; have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect |
| Entails | conceive |
| Entailed by | lie in; labor, labour |
| Nouns | birth; birth; birth |
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