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birthdate

birthdate

5 1.0
The day, month, and year when a person was born
  • noun
  • /ˈbɜrθˌdeɪt/
translation icon : fecha de nacimiento
  • Can you please tell me your birthdate for the registration form?
  • individual's birthdate

Examples

  • Then I was asked for his social security number and birthdate for a victims' compensation form.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I will list their names and their birthdates so that you can call them out by name.

    Blog text (3)

  • " People generally put the birthdate on the stone.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "The pass code is my birthdate."

    Fixation (2022)

  • My license had the wrong birthdate on it, so I wrote the state about it.

    Blog text (28)

  • Is your birthdate February 11th, 1965?

    Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

  • I ask Donny Ray his name, address, birthdate, and some things about his parents and family.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • In that system, your name, gender, and birthdate will be compared to the people on the no-fly list.

    Blog text (9)

  • Significantly, the poem is dated 31 March, the birthdate of the Iraqi Communist Party in 1934.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Participants' birthdates and university student numbers were used to match questionnaires and to eliminate duplicates.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

birthday
vsbirthdate
∞ 1.0

A day each year when people celebrate the day they were born

refers to the original calendar day rather than the annual celebration
DOB
vsbirthdate
1 3.0

The day when a person was born

is the full nonabbreviated form used in normal writing
natal day
vsbirthdate
1 9.7

The day when a person was born

is the same meaning but presented as a single neutral term

Surface Forms

birthdate singular
birthdates plural

Morphology

birthdate = birth + date (transparent) = birth + date

A direct, literal compound of 'birth' + 'date' meaning the date on which a birth occurred.

Etymology

The word birthdate comes from two simple words: birth ('when you are born') and date ('a day on the calendar'), so it means the calendar day you were born.