noun
the time when something begins (especially life)
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- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
noun
the event of being born
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- they celebrated the birth of their first child
noun
the process of giving birth
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noun
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
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noun
a baby born
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- an offspring
- the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
verb
cause to be born
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- My wife had twins yesterday!