Antonyms for birth
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : burth |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɜrθ |
Definition of birth
Origin :- early 13c., from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse *byrðr (replacing cognate Old English gebyrd "birth, descent, race; offspring; nature; fate"), from Proto-Germanic *gaburthis (cf. Old Frisian berd, Old Saxon giburd, Dutch geboorte, Old High German giburt, German geburt, Gothic gabaurþs), from PIE *bhrto past participle of root *bher- (1) "to carry; to bear children" (cf. Sanskrit bhrtih "a bringing, maintenance," Latin fors, genitive fortis "chance;" see bear (v.)). Suffix -th is for "process" (as in bath, death). Meaning "parentage, lineage, extraction" (revived from Old English) is from mid-13c. Birth control is from 1914; birth rate from 1859. Birth certificate is from 1842.
- noun becoming alive
- noun beginning
- noun heritage
- In London alone it was said there was a birth every five minutes.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- For "each age is a dream that is dying, or one that is coming to birth."
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- As to the advantage of birth, that is of his side, above any man who has been found out for me.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He died at least twenty years before the birth of Omar Khayyam.
- Extract from : « The Garden of Bright Waters » by Various
- This is the most joyful hour he has ever given us since the day of his birth.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- At his birth he was an orphan, his father having died a few weeks previously.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- It was like being present at the birth of a piece of literature!
- Extract from : « The Book of Old English Ballads » by George Wharton Edwards
- What enviable privileges are annexed to the birth of an Englishman!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- He had been abused in that way by passengers since the day of his birth.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I have thought, ever since, that he knew something about my birth, and of my being the prince's godson.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for birth
- act of God
- ancestry
- background
- bearing
- beginning
- birthing
- blessed event
- blood
- breeding
- childbearing
- childbirth
- commencement
- creation
- dawn
- dawning
- delivery
- derivation
- descent
- emergence
- extraction
- forebears
- fountainhead
- genealogy
- genesis
- heritance
- labor
- legacy
- line
- lineage
- nascency
- natality
- nativity
- onset
- opening
- origin
- outset
- parentage
- parturition
- pedigree
- position
- producing
- race
- rank
- rise
- source
- start
- station
- status
- stock
- strain
- travail
- visit from stork
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