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to born

to born

7 1.0
To start to exist when a parent gives you life
  • verb
  • /bɔrn/
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  • They celebrated the day their daughter was born with a big party.

And what I mean by that is I was born ADDADHD.

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Examples

  • Here's Max with one of the twins that was born in October.

  • And babies that are born that way don't live very long.

  • If you were born into not much, yeah.

  • And then when the youngest is born, way too late.

  • Our final guest was born and raised in Mumbai.

  • I am Lexi Gibson and I was born with HIV.

  • I was a little white girl with a pug nose born in Pasadena, CA.

  • I WAS BORN IN THE SLUMS OF THE EAST END OF LONDON, AND THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP.

  • She was born prematurely but overcame many challenges to thrive.

  • He was born in a small town but went on to achieve great things.

Synonyms

to be born
vsto born
1.0

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

is the same meaning but expressed in a shorter single word form
to come into being
vsto born
20 3.9

To start to exist

refers specifically to coming into existence because of being given birth to
13 2.4

To be born and start life

focuses on coming into existence specifically because of being given birth to

Antonyms

1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

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

Phrasal Verbs

1.0

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

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

Surface Forms

born past participle
bearing present participle
bear infinitive
bore past
bears third person singular

Etymology

The word born is the old past form of a verb that meant 'to carry' and is related to bear, so it means 'came into life' by birth, which is why we say 'He was born in Paris' or that many animals are 'born' in spring.