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birth is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
bill - birth - bit

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
birth

Plural
births

A child at birth
  1. (countable) A birth is when a new baby comes out of its mother.
    My mother gave birth to my brother at 12:00 on Dec. 31st.
  2. (countable) A birth is when something new begins.
    The birth of the personal computer was in 1976.

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Verb

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Plain form
birth

Third-person singular
births

Past tense
birthed

Past participle
birthed

Present participle
birthing

  1. (transitive) If a woman births a child, she bears or give birth to a child.