birth Definition

birth
noun

1. The act or process of bearing children. Also called childbirth.
2. The act or process of being born. See also nativity.

Thesaurus: delivery, nativity, blessed event, parturition, visit from the stork, act of God.
3. Family history or origin; ancestry; descent.

Example: of humble birth
Thesaurus: lineage, heritage, ancestry, extraction, genealogy, family, blood, stock, breeding, strain; rank, status, position, station.
4. Beginning; origins. Sometimes called genesis.

Example: the birth of socialism
Thesaurus: beginning, source, start, origin, genesis, commencement, derivation.

Idiom: give birth

Said of a mother: to bear or produce (a baby).

Idiom: give birth to something

To produce or be the cause or origin of it.

Etymology: 13c: from Norse byrthr.

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There is often a spelling confusion between birth and berth.