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

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Raised by a single mother after his father died soon after his birth, Woodson dropped out of high school to join the Air Force.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

They monitored 270 children and adolescents participating in the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health birth cohort.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The report covers a period spanning the birth of the children in the 2000s up until they were involved in the 2023 criminal trial.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

He had wanted to join the army, but was declared unfit for service as one of his arms has been disabled since birth.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

They went off to find the Afrikaner in the barn, supervising the birth of a calf.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

birth

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