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birth

[burth] / bɜrθ /
NOUN
becoming alive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beginning childbirth creation delivery
STRONG
bearing birthing childbearing labor nascency natality nativity parturition producing travail
WEAK
act of God blessed event visit from stork
Antonyms
WEAK
conclusion death end ending finish
NOUN
beginning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dawn emergence opening origin
STRONG
commencement dawning fountainhead genesis onset outset rise source start
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conclusion end ending finish
STRONG
completion stop
WEAK
death
NOUN
heritage
Synonyms
STRONG
ancestry background blood breeding derivation descent extraction forebears genealogy legacy line lineage parentage pedigree position race rank station status stock strain
WEAK
heritance
Antonyms
WEAK
conclusion death end ending finish

Example Sentences

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Provisional births data for 2025 reflects more than 99% of birth records analyzed by the federal government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The morning after giving birth, June awakens in her bed to find her baby gone; Bethel and Beauty are at the kitchen table in tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

But Jan Doyle, who lived through the experience of giving birth in a mother and baby home, is cautious.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

There was the way Hannah confessed to the Times reporter that she liked giving birth away from her husband, because she got to enjoy pain medications when he was not around.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“She’s my Runako’s only child, but her birth caused trouble, I can tell you!”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer