births
births is the plural of birth.
Meaning of birth
Noun
birth (countable and uncountable, plural births)
- The 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
- The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
- That which is born.
- That poets are far rarer births than kings.1692, Ben Jonson, “Epigrams”, in The Works of Ben Jonson, page 288
Phrases with births
- home births
- live births
- lotus births
- water births
- breech births
- coffin births
- virgin births
- natural births
- vaginal births
- dates of births
- multiple births
- twilight births
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Questions about births
- What is births the plural of?
- Births is the plural of birth.
Words near births in the dictionary
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