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IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499

birth
birth /ˈbɚθ/ noun
plural births
birth
/ˈbɚθ/
noun
plural births
Learner's definition of BIRTH
1 
: the time when a baby comes out from the body of its mother出生
[count]
[noncount]
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
2 
[noncount] : the beginning or origin of something开始；起源
3 
[noncount] — used to describe the kind of family a person comes from出身；门第

give birth

1 
of a mother : produce a baby from the body生孩子；产崽
— usually + to
2 
: to cause the beginning of something使诞生；使开始 — + to
IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499

birth

1 of 3

noun

ˈbərth How to pronounce birth (audio)
often attributive
1
a
: the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent
b
: the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb
2
: a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place
a Southerner by birth
3
a
: lineage, extraction
b
: high or noble birth
4
a
archaic : one that is born
b
: beginning, start

birth

2 of 3

verb

birthed; birthing; births

transitive verb

1
chiefly dialectal : to bring forth
2
a
: to give rise to : originate
b
: to give birth to

intransitive verb

: to bring forth or be brought forth as a child or young

birth

3 of 3

adjective

: biological sense 3
his birth mother

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Example Sentences

Noun He was present at the birth of his daughter. The hospital reported an increase in premature births. Please indicate your date of birth. the period from birth to adolescence a disease that is present at birth the birth of the solar system the birth of the blues We are witnessing the birth of a new era. Verb back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children Adjective argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Whatever its mechanical basis, purring seems hardwired into certain cats from birth. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022 In Oregon, the promise of early education expanded in 2011, when legislators created an Early Learning Council to oversee services for children from birth to age five. oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 Americans who are thinking about starting a family have a new datapoint to consider: The cost of raising a child from birth to age 17 will set you back by about $310,000. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2022 For Herbstreit, standing at the center of the sport’s unmistakable pageantry has always felt perfectly natural, like a calling from birth. J. Brady MccolloughStaff WriterFollow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 Born May 22, 1887, and named Wa-tho-Huk, translated as Path Lit by Lighting, from birth Thorpe had a cloudy future. Louis Moore, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 Fellow Bunco Babe Carol Podkulski recalled wrapping up a game one night before heading to the hospital to give birth to her daughter. Mary Compton, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 The article was about Liam Johnson and Racquelle Trammell, who both put their transitions on hold to give birth to their daughter, Aspen. Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 The graduate student who works in legal services in Austin, Texas, has a list of reasons for not wanting to give birth: the climate crisis and a genetic health condition among them. Leanne Italie, ajc, 30 Aug. 2022
Verb
The extreme heat has stressed cattle and hurt their ability to birth and wean calves, which will mean long-term difficulties. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2022 Sometimes setbacks can birth new business ideas or spark newfound passions. Wunmi Bakare, Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 But if Better Call Saul has taught us anything, it’s that franchises can birth powerful subsidiaries—if their overlords know when to wield discretion. Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 21 Aug. 2022 Finish genome sequencing before gene editing and engineering to birth a new thylacine. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022 But if multiple embryos are implanted, Georgia’s law could require a woman to carry multiple children to birth, experts warn. Jeff Amy, ajc, 30 July 2022 But if multiple embryos are implanted, Georgia’s law could require a woman to carry multiple children to birth, experts warn. Jeff Amy, al, 30 July 2022 The dystopian feminist novel centers on handmaid Offred, who lives in a totalitarian theocratic state known as the Republic of Gilead, where handmaids are forced to birth children for the ruling class. Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 Architects were channeling a larger desire to birth new nations independent of the intellectual, political and cultural domination of the old empire. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
Adjective
This was certainly a fear of mine, and post-birth, gravity has done its thing. Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 31 Aug. 2022 The post-birth appearance outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital has become something of a royal tradition — started by Diana. Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 For a friend who loves wine, gift them this wine glass for their first post-birth drink. Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022 Luckily, Martine was coming the next morning for the final pre-birth checkup. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 The babies' early arrival meant the Myers did not complete Michigan's requisite pre-birth order process in time, forcing them, because of the state's restrictive laws around surrogacy, to fight in court to legally be the twins' parents. Rachel Burchfield, PEOPLE.com, 22 Dec. 2021 And those post-birth emotions can impact spouses and partners as well: Around 26% of spouses experience some sort of depression after the baby’s arrival. Ebony Williams, ajc, 12 May 2022 The idea that women cannot have any arena of choice — [from pregnancy to labor and delivery to post-birth] — is exclusively and almost always detrimental to women. The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021 Over 75 couples in Michigan who are in our exact same situation [received] pre-birth orders, which basically gives them legal rights to the baby before they're even born. Rachel Burchfield, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1831, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Adjective

1958, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of birth was in the 12th century

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IELTS BNC: 1590 COCA: 1499
birth

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + BIRTH | BIRTH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤live活產◇Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer still births.生活條件改善，活產嬰數會增加，死產嬰數會減少。➤normal正常分娩；順產➤difficult難產➤breech臀位分娩▸➤Caesarean, vaginal剖宮產；陰道分娩➤natural (= without the use of drugs) 自然分娩➤premature, preterm早產▸➤multiple多胎產▸➤illegitimate, out-of-wedlock (NAmE) 非婚生▸➤home, hospital在家中／醫院分娩➤water (= in water) 水中分娩VERB + BIRTH➤give生孩子◇She gave birth to a baby boy.她生了一個小男孩。➤register登記出生➤celebrate慶祝出生◇They recently celebrated the birth of their second daughter.不久前他們慶祝了第二個女兒降生。➤await等待出生◇He was anxiously awaiting the birth of his child.他在焦急地等待孩子出生。➤announce宣佈出生➤attend接生◇A doctor and three midwives attended the birth.一位醫生和 3 名助產士給接生的。BIRTH + NOUN➤certificate出生證明➤records出生記錄➤date出生日期➤place (usually birthplace) 出生地▸➤weight (usually birthweight) 出生體重➤process出生過程➤complications分娩併發症➤defect出生缺陷➤canal產道◇the mother's birth canal母親的產道➤mother生母➤attendant (= person who assists a woman giving birth) 助產士➤partner (= person a woman chooses to be with when giving birth) 分娩伴侶➤plan分娩計劃◇You should prepare a birth plan with your obstetrician.你應該跟你的產科大夫一起制訂一個分娩計劃。➤announcement出生通告▸➤rate出生率◇a low / high birth rate低／高出生率 (see also birth control) PREPOSITION➤at birth出生時◇The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.這個嬰兒出生時體重是 7 磅。➤at a/the birth, during a/the birth在出生的時候／過程中◇The child's father was present at the birth.孩子出生時爸爸在場。➤by birth在出身上◇He was American by birth, but lived in France.他出生在美國，但住在法國。PHRASES➤births, deaths and marriages, births, marriages and deaths出生、死亡和結婚；出生、結婚和死亡◇announcements of births, marriages and deaths出生、結婚和死亡通告➤your date of birth, your place of birth出生日期／地點▸➤of low birth, of noble birth (both old-fashioned) 出身低微／高貴➤the moment of birth出生時刻

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