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birth Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother's body:
- It was a difficult birth.
- He weighed eight pounds at birth.
- More men are present at the births of their children these days.
- The application form will ask for your country/place of birth (= where you were born).
- The percentage of live births (= children who are born alive and continue to live) continues to increase.
- Registration of births and deaths became compulsory in 1871.
- He had received all the advantages of birth (= having been born into a family of a high social class) and an expensive education.
- Oscar Wilde was Irish by birth.
- These asteroids were formed at the birth of the solar system.
1 the occasion when a baby comes out of its mother’s body:
- [ C ] He remembered the birth of their first child.
- [ U ] Their son weighed eight pounds at birth.
- [ U ] She was Swedish by birth.
- [ U ] She gave birth to twins.

I weighed 10 lb at birth.
Elaine and Ian Gibson proudly announce the birth of their son, John Maurice.
She's been blind since birth.
I've filled in the form, but you still need to insert your bank details and date of birth.
Research has demonstrated that babies can recognize their mother's voice very soon after birth.
One thousand and thirty-five patients (22 %) reported that they were pregnant or had recently given birth.
All the children were recruited from birth lists provided by a government information centre.
Their families, recruited from local birth records, had agreed to participate with their children in a longitudinal study of language development.