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birth

(b/[@]/r/T/ )

the time when something begins (especially life)(noun.time)

Example:
They divorced after the birth of the child.
His election signaled the birth of a new age.

Antonym:
death, demise, dying

source: wordnet30
the event of being born(noun.event)

Example:
They celebrated the birth of their first child.

Synonym:
nascence, nascency, nativity
Antonym:
death, decease, expiry

source: wordnet30
the process of giving birth(noun.process)

Synonym:
birthing, giving birth, parturition

source: wordnet30
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents(noun.linkdef)

Synonym:
parentage

source: wordnet30
a baby born; an offspring(noun.person)

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

source: wordnet30
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.(noun)

source: webster1913
See Berth.(noun)

source: webster1913

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