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# birth

«birth» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (birth, births)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Birth is the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother's body and starts living in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#m1)

2) Birth is the beginning of something: the birth of a new nation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#m2)

3) By birth means by the family or place you were born into: Irish by birth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, pupils study life cycles: birth, growth, adulthood, reproduction, old age, death; mammals give birth to live young, while birds and reptiles lay eggs. In everyday life: date of birth on forms, birth certificates, birthdays (the day you were born, celebrated every year). In history, «the birth of» the internet or of a country. Phrases: give birth to, at birth, date of birth, birth certificate, birthplace, birth weight.

### examples

- The cow gave birth to a calf last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x1)
- Mammals give birth to live babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x2)
- Write your date of birth on the form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x3)
- My baby sister weighed 3 kilograms at birth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x4)
- We watched the birth of the lambs on the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x5)
- The town is his birthplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x6)
- The story tells the birth of a new kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x7)
- ‘Of noble birth!’ said the Darning-needle; ‘no indeed, but proud! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/#x8)

### note

Usually uncountable for the event («at birth»), countable for counting («many births»). Homophone: «berth» (a bed on a ship or train, or a place for a ship in a harbour) sounds the same. «Give birth to» — not «born to» for the mother: «She gave birth to twins»; «The twins were born.»

### In the corpora

- [The children of a parent's partner can become your step-siblings: brothers or sisters through marriage, not by birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/13/)
- [A midwife is a nurse trained to care for women and babies during pregnancy, birth and the first days after.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/16/)
- [Parents often make a shortlist of names, and the name must be registered officially within a few weeks of the birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/17/)
- [Whales are mammals: they breathe air, are warm-blooded, give birth to live young and feed them milk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/26-whales/6/)
- [Some sharks and rays lay eggs in leathery cases called mermaid's purses, while other sharks give birth to live pups.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «birth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.