birth

[bɜːrθ]

Definition:
1. The time when something begins (especially life).
2. The event of being born.
3. The process of giving birth.
4. The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents.
5. Give birth (to a newborn).

Use 'birth' in a sentence:

1. She gave birth to Annabel just after her seventeenth birthday.
2. Announcements of births, marriages and deaths appear in some newspapers.
3. After the birth of her baby she felt generally under par.
4. She married at 17 and gave birth to her first child shortly thereafter.
5. Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.
6. Women who smoke risk giving birth to underweight babies.
7. Mitch was a San Franciscan by birth.
8. And then she gave birth to quintuplets.
9. Anne was French by birth but lived most of her life in Italy.
10. Mark has been blind from birth.
11. She's due to give birth at any moment.
12. After the war there was a bulge in the birth rate.
13. I've been dieting ever since the birth of my fourth child.
14. The prince's destiny was predetermined from the moment of his birth.
15. The European country with the highest birth rate is Ireland.
16. After my birth, Mom had severe postpartum depression.
17. My birth mother has never communicated with me.
18. I'd been dreading that the birth would take a long time.
19. My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.
20. The puppies were parted from their mother at birth.
21. From fertilization until birth is about 266 days.
22. She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth.
23. She congratulated him on the birth of his son.
24. She was overjoyed at the birth of her daughter.
25. He proceeded to tell me of my birth.
26. The birth of her son was a minor interruption to her career.
27. The baby weighed three kilos at birth.
28. She died shortly after giving birth.
29. Her mother had just given birth to another child, her fifth.
30. Some mothers choose to have an epidural when giving birth.
31. Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate.
32. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.
33. The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.
34. She's just given birth to a baby girl.
35. He's German by birth.
36. Mandy subtracted the date of birth from the date of death.
37. Please give your name, address and date of birth.
38. Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.
39. She's Italian by birth but is now an Australian citizen.
40. The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
41. John was present at the birth of both his children.
42. During the birth she was given gas and air.
43. Please state your date and place of birth.
44. America's birth rate fell to a record low last year.
45. Condoms are an effective method of birth control if used with care.
46. It was the study of history that gave birth to the social sciences.
47. Some women have a terror of losing control in the birth process.
48. The birth of a live healthy baby is a truly blessed event.
49. Mary gave birth to a healthy baby girl.