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How to pronounce birth
Say it like this: /bɜːθ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does birth mean?
nounThe process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
An instance of childbirth.
“Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.”
A beginning or start; a point of origin.
“the birth of an empire”
adjA familial relationship established by childbirth.
“Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.”
verbTo bear or give birth to (a child).
“I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!”
To produce, give rise to.
“Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.”
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