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born

born

1.0
Made to exist or showing where someone comes from
  • adjective
  • /bɔrn/
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  • It means the well born, the well sired.

Fareed Zakaria, who was born in Mumbai, India.

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Examples

  • I mean, there are people that are born missing an arm.

  • So this first one is you were born into a rich family.

  • Our brains from the day we're born back, even before we're born.

  • As such, Prince Philip was born a Prince of Greece and Denmark.

  • They have the trait that's born to two unaffected parents.

  • He was born to parents who were both artists, which influenced his creativity.

  • Many believe that some musicians are simply born with a natural talent for music.

  • Although she was born in a small town, she went on to achieve great success.

Synonyms

to be born
vsborn
1.0

To start life as a baby when you come into the world

refers more broadly to origin or how something came to be
to originate
vsborn
153 3.8

To start or create something

focuses on coming from parents and showing a personal origin
20 3.9

To start to exist

applies to coming into existence from parents and indicates personal origin
13 2.4

To be born and start life

is used to mark origin or explain how something came about

Antonyms

1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

92 1.6

Person or animal not yet born, especially a baby still in the mother's body

Idioms

12 4.0

A person who grew up in a place or family and feels a strong connection to it

1 8.9

During a person's whole life

born in a barn
  • Offensive
9.9

To act carelessly or rudely, for example leaving doors open

born in a tent
  • Offensive
9.9

To act rudely as if they had no manners

9.9

You say this when you are surprised to have never seen something in your life

Completely without clothes, as when someone is born

Completely without clothes like at birth

Compounds

A person who becomes very religious again after a strong personal change in their faith

9 3.7

A person born in a place who did not move there later

born loser
  • Offensive
1 6.5

A person who often fails and seems unlucky

A nickname for Nevada because it became a state during the American Civil War

How Official

ratified
  • Formal
5.5
constituted
  • Formal
6.2
to set up
683 3.4
formed
1.5
born
1.0

Surface Forms

born positive

Etymology

The word born comes from an old English word meaning 'to carry' and is the same root as bear, so it originally meant 'brought into life' or 'coming from birth', which is why we say someone was born in Paris or that an idea was born out of need.