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birth

[burth] / bɜrθ /
NOUN
becoming alive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beginning childbirth creation delivery
STRONG
bearing birthing childbearing labor nascency natality nativity parturition producing travail
WEAK
act of God blessed event visit from stork
Antonyms
WEAK
conclusion death end ending finish
NOUN
beginning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dawn emergence opening origin
STRONG
commencement dawning fountainhead genesis onset outset rise source start
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conclusion end ending finish
STRONG
completion stop
WEAK
death
NOUN
heritage
Synonyms
STRONG
ancestry background blood breeding derivation descent extraction forebears genealogy legacy line lineage parentage pedigree position race rank station status stock strain
WEAK
heritance
Antonyms
WEAK
conclusion death end ending finish

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Moo Deng - whose name roughly translates to "bouncy pig" - became an internet sensation in 2024 shortly after her birth that July.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

James Whittaker was born on Feb. 10, 1929, in Seattle, about 10 minutes before the birth of Louie, his twin brother.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The novel begins with the birth of a boy named Lajos to his aloof, baronial parents, Sándor and Mária von Lázár.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

There was the way Hannah confessed to the Times reporter that she liked giving birth away from her husband, because she got to enjoy pain medications when he was not around.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Ursula Granger had given birth to a boy named Archy, who later died.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis