birth

/bərθ/
/bəθ/
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Other forms: births; birthing; birthed

Definitions of birth
  1. noun
    the time when something begins (especially life)
    “they divorced after the birth of the child”
    “his election signaled the birth of a new age”
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    antonyms:
    death
    the time when something ends
    types:
    cradle
    birth of a person
    type of:
    beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
    the time at which something is supposed to begin
  2. noun
    the event of being born
    “they celebrated the birth of their first child”
    synonyms: nascence, nascency, nativity
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    death
    the event of dying or departure from life
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    delivery
    the event of giving birth
    live birth
    the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)
    posthumous birth
    birth of a child by Caesarean section after the death of the mother
    posthumous birth
    birth of a child after the father has died
    rebirth, reincarnation, renascence
    a second or new birth
    blessed event, happy event
    the live birth of a child
    transmigration