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birth

birth

313 1.0
The start of something new, for example a life or an era
  • noun
  • /bɜrθ/
translation icon : nacimiento
  • That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
  • the birth of a new era
  • birth and death
  • birth of modernity

So this could have been the birth event of the universe.

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Examples

  • So this could have been the birth event of the universe.

  • They put a new date on the birth of our species.

  • This was the birth of space art.

  • We can look at the life cycle, both the birth of new stars.

  • Hello, how about the birth of your only son?

  • Your subjects are eager to celebrate the birth of their king at a time like this.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Normally that's when people date the birth of their country, right?

  • Yes, my friends, you are witnessing the birth of a gold brick.

  • God, our Father, we rejoice in the birth of our Savior.

  • The documentary discussed the birth of a new artistic movement in the 20th century.

Synonyms

creation
vsbirth
349 1.8

The act of making something new

is a neutral start that may be natural rather than an intentional act
genesis
vsbirth
24 7.6

The start of something and how it began

is more everyday and stresses the simple start rather than formation mode
nativity
vsbirth
7 7.6

The event of being born, the start of a person's life

is the general start of something, not only personal origins
nascence
vsbirth
9.9

The time when something first begins to exist, like an idea or a civilization

is centered on starting existence, rather than specifically life events
nascency
vsbirth
9.9

The time when something first appears

is broader, covering any start or new period not only early emergence
germination
vsbirth
5.4

The first stage when an idea or movement begins to develop

is a general coming into existence, not limited to early growth stages

Antonyms

1.0

The end of a living thing's life

1.0

The end of something like a business or idea

150 4.4

The dying out of a species so it no longer exists

Compounds

139 2.5

Methods people use to prevent pregnancy and plan when to have children

An official paper that shows a person's name, date, and place when they were born

53 1.9

To have a baby when it comes out of the mother's body

50 3.6

A woman who has a baby but is not the child's legal or social mother

birth control pill
  • Specialized
33 2.7

A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy

birth defect
  • Specialized
30 3.2

A health problem a baby has when they are born

birth rate
  • Specialized
17 2.5

Number of live births per 1,000 people in a year

15 3.5

A baby born at home instead of in a hospital

A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed

live birth
  • Specialized
9 3.5

A baby born showing any sign of life

birth canal
  • Specialized
7 3.5

A passage from a mother's womb through the vagina that a baby passes during childbirth

The town, city or country where someone is born

5 8.8

Becoming pregnant when a woman has not had sex

A situation you are born into, like your family or country, that affects your life and you cannot change

Giving birth to a baby through the vagina rather than by surgery

birth control device
  • Specialized
1 3.2

Something that stops a person from becoming pregnant

breech birth
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A birth when a baby comes out feet or bottom first instead of head first

1 5.2

Strong repeated pains a woman feels when she is having a baby

low-birth-weight baby
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A baby born weighing less than 5.5 pounds or 2,500 grams

Actions to limit the number of children people have, often using birth control

1 3.9

A baby born weighing less than 5.5 pounds or 2,500 grams

Virgin Birth
  • Specialized
1 7.5

The belief that Jesus was born to Mary without a human father by the Holy Spirit

birth trauma
  • Specialized
5.8

An injury to a newborn during birth

birth trauma
  • Specialized
7.3

Emotional harm some people think a baby gets during birth that may affect later life

birth trauma
  • Specialized
5.8

Strong emotional distress a parent has during a difficult childbirth or after it, such as anxiety and bad memories

A person who works to make birth control and planning for children more accepted

A person who works to make birth control and family planning easier to get

A way to avoid pregnancy by tracking a woman's periods and avoiding sex on days when she can get pregnant

active birth
  • Specialized
3.6

Childbirth in which the mother moves and changes position to help labor

A way to have a baby with little medical equipment, often at home or in a birth center

A child born after one or both parents die

Virgin Birth
  • Specialized
7.5

A type of reproduction where an animal grows from an egg that has not been fertilized

Surface Forms

birth singular
births plural

Etymology

Birth also kept the idea of a 'beginning' from its old meaning of coming into life, which is why we speak of the birth of a country or of an idea when something new starts.