birth
adjective
1. A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
noun
1. the time when something begins (especially life)
- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
Definition categories: time, beginning, commencement, first, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start
2. the event of being born
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
Similar word(s): nascence, nascency, nativity
Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification
3. the process of giving birth
Similar word(s): birthing, parturition
Definition categories: process
4. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Similar word(s): parentage
Definition categories: link, kinship, relationship
5. a baby born; an offspring
- the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
Sentences with birth as a noun:
- Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- the birth of an empire
- He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.