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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024birth•ing /ˈbɜrθɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Medicinean act or instance of giving birth, esp. by natural childbirth.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024birth•ing (bûr′thing),USA pronunciation n. - Medicinean act or instance of giving birth, esp. by natural childbirth.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024birth /bɜrθ/USA pronunciation n. - Medicine[uncountable] an act or instance of being born: What was the date of your birth?
- Medicine the act or process of bringing forth young;
childbirth:[countable]a long and difficult birth. - [uncountable] descent;
nationality (because one was born in a particular place): Greek by birth. - any coming into existence;
origin:[countable* usually singular]the birth of an idea.
Idioms- Idioms give birth to, [~ + object]
- to bear (a child):She gave birth to a boy.
- to initiate;
originate:Einstein gave birth to a whole new way of looking at matter and energy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024birth (bûrth),USA pronunciation n. - Medicinean act or instance of being born:the day of his birth.
- Medicinethe act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring;
childbirth;
parturition:a difficult birth. - lineage;
extraction;
descent:of Grecian birth. - high or noble lineage:to be foolishly vain about one's birth.
- natural heritage:a musician by birth.
- any coming into existence;
origin;
beginning:the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea. - [Archaic.]something that is born.
- Idioms give birth to:
- to bear (a child).
- to initiate;
originate:Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.
v.t. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. - Dialect Termsto give birth to.
- Dialect Termsto assist in giving birth;
act as midwife for.
- Scandinavian; compare Old Swedish byrth; cognate with Old English gebyrd, Old High German giburt, Gothic gabaurths
- Middle English byrthe 1150–1200
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged parentage, ancestry, line, blood, family, race.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged start, commencement, inception, genesis; launching, inauguration.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: birth /bɜːθ/ n - the process of bearing young; parturition; childbirth
- the act or fact of being born; nativity
- the coming into existence of something; origin
- ancestry; lineage: of high birth
- natural or inherited talent: an artist by birth
- give birth ⇒ to bear (offspring)
- to produce, originate, or create (an idea, plan, etc)
vb (transitive) rare - to bear or bring forth (a child)
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old Norse byrth; related to Gothic gabaurths, Old Swedish byrdh, Old High German berd child; see bear1, bairn |