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Definition of birth
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Synonyms & Antonyms for birth
Synonyms: Noun
Synonyms: Verb
bear, deliver, drop, have, mother, produce
Synonyms: Adjective
biological (also biologic), consanguineous, natural
Antonyms: Adjective
adopted, adoptive, nonbiological
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Examples of birth in a Sentence
Noun
He was present at the birth of his daughter. The hospital reported an increase in premature births. Please indicate your date of birth. the period from birth to adolescence a disease that is present at birth the birth of the solar system the birth of the blues We are witnessing the birth of a new era.Verb
back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several childrenAdjective
argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Kehlani gave birth to her daughter Adeya in March with ex-boyfriend and guitarist Javaughn White. — Jasmine Grant, Essence, "Kehlani and YG Were All Boo'd Up At New York Fashion Week," 10 Sep. 2019 Blanco was not at training Tuesday because his wife gave birth to the couple’s second daughter earlier this week. — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, "Portland Timbers injury report: Larrys Mabiala, Julio Cascante among players still recovering from injury," 10 Sep. 2019 The documents list the minor as T.P.V.P., born April 18, 2008, the same date Sarah Palin gave birth to Trig Paxon Van Palin, the youngest of the couple’s five children. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Sarah Palin’s husband appears to be seeking a divorce," 9 Sep. 2019 For decades, this experience has been the norm for women who give birth while in Minnesota prisons. — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, "‘An insult to child development’: MN prisons mull alternatives to incarceration for pregnant women," 8 Sep. 2019 Brewers manager Craig Counsell said afterward that Arcia had left the team to be with his fiancée, Elena, who gave birth to the couple's twin daughters. — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Orlando Arcia leaves Sunday's game, then rushes to hospital in time to see birth of twin daughters," 8 Sep. 2019 Congratulations are in order for HGTV's Christina Anstead! The Flip Or Flop star has officially given birth to a beautiful baby boy, her first with husband Ant Anstead. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Christina Anstead's Baby Boy Is Here, and His Name Is So Sweet," 7 Sep. 2019 By Swati Gupta and Sugam Pokharel | CNN A 73-year-old woman in India has given birth to twin girls. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Indian woman, 73, gives birth to twins," 6 Sep. 2019 The reptile was found in a nest where a timber rattlesnake recently gave birth. — Fox News, "Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey, 'probably wouldn't survive in the wild'," 6 Sep. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Trèfle Hailing from the British Virgin Islands, Kristin Frazer birthed her company Trèfle in 2008. — Ashley Rushford, Essence, "ESSENCE Best In Black Fashion Awards: Meet These International Designers On The Rise," 4 Sep. 2019 The event also birthed a collaboration with actress Kristen Adele that led to their Artists of Color meet-ups, now in its second year. — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, "The latest album from Denver singer-songwriter Such is a sultry soul journey," 17 Aug. 2019 Jessica Bibbs-Fox, teacher at Kelly Elementary School My parents, from the sharecropping Jim Crow era, birthed my siblings in the segregated South and worked their way out of the fields to become middle-class Angelenos. — Andrea Ramos, Los Angeles Times, "How to get kids excited about reading: A student and teacher’s perspective," 16 Aug. 2019 And lo and behold, The Fosters birthed a new relationship right before our eyes. — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, "The Fosters Series Finale Part 2 Recap: Never Sign A Pre-Nuptial Agreement," 6 June 2018 Mixed with mezcal, watermelon puree, jalapeno, lime and agave syrup, the $15 cocktail was birthed during the peak of the popular Netflix series' third season. — Khanh T.l. Tran, The Hollywood Reporter, "Drink and Dish: Jessica Alba's Favorite Tequila, Cocktails Inspired by 'The Kitchen' and 'Stranger Things'," 22 Aug. 2019 In the town that also birthed General Motors, Manley drives a black Cadillac Escalade with the vanity plate THSHARK. — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, "How a Flint court battle became Mateen Cleaves' most divisive victory," 21 Aug. 2019 What’s more, Jaden Smith is one of the premier free-spirits of the Gen-Z era, a perfect modern analog for the hippie movement that birthed Arlo and so many others a half-century earlier. — Corbin Reiff, Billboard, "Recasting Woodstock's Original Lineup With 2019 Artists," 13 Aug. 2019 Researchers found that females in a pride synchronize their cycles in order to birth their cubs at the same time. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, "Ten Things We’ve Learned About Lions Since Disney’s Original ‘The Lion King’," 19 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Starbucks, for instance, last year sweetened the deal for its store employees, offering six weeks paid leave for all parents, not just birth mothers. — Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work, "Target is expanding parental leave, including for hourly and part-time workers," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'birth.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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