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was born

was born is the first/third-person singular simple past indicative of be born.

Meaning of be born

Verb

be born (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

  1. To come into existence through birth.
    Antonyms:
    die

Questions about was born

What is was born the first/third-person singular simple past indicative of?
Was born is the first/third-person singular simple past indicative of be born.

Words near was born in the dictionary

  1. was along
  2. was around
  3. was at the plague
  4. was awake
  5. was bored
  6. was born
  7. was born last week
  8. was cruel to be kind
  9. was done with
  10. was down with
  11. was gathered to one's fathers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: was born (page history and authors); be born (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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