English dictionary

birth

/b/[@]/r/T/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the time when something begins (especially life)

noun.time

Examples
They divorced after the birth of the child.

His election signaled the birth of a new age.

Antonyms death demise dying

Source: WordNet 3.0
the event of being born

noun.event

Examples
They celebrated the birth of their first child.

Synonyms nascence nascency nativity

Antonyms death decease expiry

Source: WordNet 3.0
the process of giving birth

noun.process

Synonyms birthing giving birth parturition

Source: WordNet 3.0
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

noun.linkdef

Synonyms parentage

Source: WordNet 3.0
a baby born; an offspring

noun.person

Examples
The overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births.

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the <i>birth</i> of a son.

noun

Source: webster1913
See <u>Berth</u>.

noun

Source: webster1913