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be born

VERB
begin
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appear come out commence emerge enter happen occur rise set take off
STRONG
arise bud dawn emanate germinate originate sail spring sprout
WEAK
come forth come into existence crop up derive from get going get show on road get under way grow out of issue forth kick off make tick proceed from result from send off stem from
Antonyms
STRONGEST
complete disappear end finish hide leave stop
STRONG
die shrink
WEAK
conclude consummate
VERB
originate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arise come from derive emanate emerge stem
STRONG
birth come commence dawn flow issue proceed result rise start
WEAK
come into existence hail from
Antonyms
STRONG
cease complete end finish recede stop
WEAK
effect result terminate

Example Sentences

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We are therefore once again in a Gramscian bind, caught between the old which will not die and the new which struggles to be born.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It began when two married men asked Judge Marlon Weiss to issue a pre-birth order acknowledging them as the lawful parents of a child who was about to be born via surrogacy.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

The judge also found that she knew the baby would be born alive through Caesarean section.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

New plays would be born, rehearsed and dissolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

I wasn’t lying when I said my bar mitzvah was a tribute to my family killed during the Holocaust and the scores of relatives who never got the chance to be born.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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