birth
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1.0
- noun
- /bɜrθ/
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- Her birth into a respected family opened many doors for her in life.
- birth certificate
- birth parents
- birth family
And when Zane was seven weeks old, his birth mom texted me and said, guess what?
- And when Zane was seven weeks old, his birth mom texted me and said, guess what?
- So what about birth parents and their adopted away kids?
- I think we reward people for a combination of accidents of birth plus hard work.
Examples
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We thought maybe we'd help you find your birth parents.
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I've heard that you are of noble birth yourself.
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April is the month of my birth so it's obviously special.
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We brought him up since birth and we have proof.
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I have to meet my birth mother.
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Yeah, it's my birth name.
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Not until I looked up her birth certificate.
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My real name, my birth name is Louise.
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Adoptive and birth parents should be seen as equal.
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Under the Citizenship Act, citizenship can be acquired either by birth or through the naturalization process.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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5.3
Who a person's mother and father are and their family background
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7.6
The event of being born, the start of a person's life
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6.9
A situation you are born into, like your family or country, that affects your life and you cannot change
The facts about a person's birth and family background
Compounds
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2.1
An official paper that shows a person's name, date, and place when they were born
- Specialized
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A small medicine tablet with hormones a woman takes to prevent pregnancy
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9.9
A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed
- Specialized
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3.5
A passage from a mother's womb through the vagina that a baby passes during childbirth
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6.9
A situation you are born into, like your family or country, that affects your life and you cannot change
- Specialized
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6.7
A birth when a baby comes out feet or bottom first instead of head first
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3.5
Actions to limit the number of children people have, often using birth control
- Specialized
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7.5
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 can mean the family or place you were born into because the word kept the sense of 'origin', and this is why we use words like birthright to show the position or rights you get from your family background.