birth
- noun
- /bɜrθ/
- 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.
- So this could have been the birth event of the universe.
- This was the birth of space art.
- They put a new date on the birth of our species.
- That was a very impactful sort of birth of the street wear movement.
- You're seeing there in art, the birth of third person perspective, right?
- And so that was the birth of the bull market, right?
- So they, they did all that, the birth of the emoji, the eggplant me.
- Sort of, well, what was that birth of ideas that made-up iTunes?
Examples
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So this could have been the birth event of the universe.
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They put a new date on the birth of our species.
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This was the birth of space art.
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We can look at the life cycle, both the birth of new stars.
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Hello, how about the birth of your only son?
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Your subjects are eager to celebrate the birth of their king at a time like this.
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Normally that's when people date the birth of their country, right?
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Yes, my friends, you are witnessing the birth of a gold brick.
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God, our Father, we rejoice in the birth of our Savior.
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The documentary discussed the birth of a new artistic movement in the 20th century.
Synonyms
The act of making something new
The start of something and how it began
The event of being born, the start of a person's life
The time when something first begins to exist, like an idea or a civilization
The time when something first appears
The first stage when an idea or movement begins to develop
Antonyms
Compounds
An official paper that shows a person's name, date, and place when they were born
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A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy
A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed
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A passage from a mother's womb through the vagina that a baby passes during childbirth
A situation you are born into, like your family or country, that affects your life and you cannot change
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A birth when a baby comes out feet or bottom first instead of head first
Actions to limit the number of children people have, often using birth control
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The belief that Jesus was born to Mary without a human father by the Holy Spirit
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Emotional harm some people think a baby gets during birth that may affect later life
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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
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A way to avoid pregnancy by tracking a woman's periods and avoiding sex on days when she can get pregnant
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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
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A type of reproduction where an animal grows from an egg that has not been fertilized
Surface Forms
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.