noun
- The time when something begins (especially life. )
- usage: "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
- The event of being born.
- usage: "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
- The process of giving birth.
- synonyms: parturition, giving birth, birthing
- The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents.
- synonyms: parentage
- A baby born; an offspring.
- usage: "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births"
verb
- Cause to be born.
- usage: "My wife had twins yesterday"
- synonyms: give birth, deliver, bear, have
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