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# born

«born» in Mova's school dictionary: **having come into life** — 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

verb (bear, bears, bore, born — in «be born»); adjective (born = natural, as in «a born leader»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Born means having come into life. A baby is born on its birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#m1)

2) Born means having a natural gift: «a born singer». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#m2)

3) Born in a place means that is where your life started: «born in Ireland». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#m3)

4) An idea or plan can be born: it starts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

tells a start in time: the year someone was born, ages, or new animals that add to a group; in science: mammals are born alive, birds hatch from eggs; in history: famous people and when they were born; in everyday life: birthday, «where were you born?»; phrases: «be born», «newborn», «born and bred», «first-born»

### examples

- 5 kittens were born on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x1)
- Tom was born 3 years before his sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x2)
- How old is someone born 8 years ago? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x3)
- 4 more calves were born, so now there are 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x4)
- My baby brother was born last spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x5)
- She was born in Canada but grew up in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x6)
- Kangaroos are born very small and live in their mother's pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x7)
- He is a born leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x8)
- The idea for the club was born at a sleepover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/born/#x9)

### note

New animals born add to the group; «born n years ago» gives the age n. Trap: «born 3 years before» means older by 3. Grammar: «I was born» (not «I am born» or «I borned»). Do not confuse «born» (came into life) with «borne» (carried).

### In the corpora

- [When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/0/)
- ["We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/7/)
- [Black and brown bear cubs are born in the den in midwinter and are only about the size of a guinea pig.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/11/)
- [All clownfish are born male, and when the female of a group dies, the biggest male turns into a female.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/6/)
- [Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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