English > nativity: 2 senses > noun 1, eventMeaning | The event of being born. |
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Synonyms | birth, nascency, nascence |
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Narrower | delivery | The event of giving birth |
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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 |
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Opposite | death, decease, expiry | The event of dying or departure from life |
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Spanish | nacimiento, navidad |
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Catalan | naixement |
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