NOUN | time | birth | the time when something begins (especially life) |
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event | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | the event of being born | |
process | birth, parturition, giving birth, birthing | the process of giving birth | |
relation | birth, parentage | the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | |
person | birth | a baby born | |
VERB | body | birth, give birth, deliver, bear, have | cause to be born |
Sounds | ber'th | |
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Rhymes | berth ... worth / Worth: 17 rhymes with erth... |
Meaning | The time when something begins (especially life). | |
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Part of | life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan | The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) |
Narrower | cradle | birth of a person |
Broader | beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset | The time at which something is supposed to begin |
Opposite | death, dying, demise | The time when something ends |
Spanish | nacimiento | |
Catalan | naixement | |
Verbs | be born | come into existence through birth |
birth | cause to be born |
Meaning | The event of being born. | |
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Example | "they celebrated the birth of their first child" | |
Synonyms | nativity, nascency, nascence | |
Narrower | delivery | The event of giving birth |
live birth | The birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) | |
posthumous birth | birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother | |
posthumous birth | birth of a child after the father has died | |
reincarnation, rebirth, renascence | A second or new birth | |
Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
Opposite | death, decease, expiry | The event of dying or departure from life |
Spanish | nacimiento, navidad | |
Catalan | naixement | |
Adjectives | natal | relating to or accompanying birth |
Verbs | be born | come into existence through birth |
birth | cause to be born |
Meaning | The process of giving birth. | |
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Synonyms | parturition, giving birth, birthing | |
Part of | reproduction | The process of generating offspring |
Narrower | brooding, incubation | Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body |
calving | giving birth to a calf | |
childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth | The parturition process in human beings | |
farrow, farrowing | The production of a litter of pigs | |
hatch, hatching | The production of young from an egg | |
laying, egg laying | The production of eggs (especially in birds) | |
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed | concluding state of pregnancy | |
Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
Spanish | nacimiento, parto, parturición | |
Catalan | naixença, parturició | |
Verbs | be born | come into existence through birth |
birth | cause to be born |
Meaning | The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. | |
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Synonym | parentage | |
Broader | kinship, family relationship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption |
Spanish | ascendencia, linaje, origen, saga | |
Catalan | ascendència, llinatge, nissaga, origen |
Meaning | A baby born; an offspring. | |
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Example | "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births" | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Meaning | Cause to be born. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | give birth, deliver, bear, have | |
Entails | conceive | Become pregnant |
Entailed by | labor, labour | Undergo the efforts / efforts of childbirth |
lie in | Be in confinement for childbirth | |
Narrower | calve, have young | birth |
cub | give birth to cubs | |
drop | give birth | |
farrow, pig | give birth | |
fawn | Have fawns | |
foal | give birth to a foal | |
have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect | Be pregnant with | |
kitten | have kittens | |
lamb | give birth to a lamb | |
litter | give birth to a litter of animals | |
twin | give birth to twins | |
whelp, pup | birth | |
Broader | produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield |
Similar to | have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect | Be pregnant with |
Spanish | alumbrar, dar a luz, entregar, nacer, parir, tener, traer al mundo | |
Catalan | donar a llum, entregar, parir | |
Nouns | birth | the event of being born |
birth | the process of giving birth | |
birth | the time when something begins (especially life) |
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