birth

birth

W2S2 [bə:θ US bə:rθ] n

[Date: 1200-1300; : Old Norse; Origin: byrth]

1.) give birth (to sb)

if a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body

▪ Patsy was celebrating last night after giving birth to twins.

2.) [U and C]

the time when a baby comes out of its mother's body

▪ Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!

▪ He only weighed 2 kilos at birth .

▪ Henry has been blind from birth .

▪ What's your date of birth ?

▪ The exact place of birth is not recorded.

▪ They believe that the position of the planets at the time of birth determines the fate of the individual.

▪ More and more women are choosing to have home births .

▪ Smoking in pregnancy has been linked to premature birth .

▪ the association between birth weight and blood pressure

▪ The drug was found to cause serious birth defects .

3.) [singular]

the time when something new starts to exist

birth of

▪ the birth of a nation

▪ The film gave birth to a TV show of the same name.

4.) [U]

the character, language, social position etc that you have because of the family or country you come from

▪ a woman of noble birth

French/German etc by birth

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COLLOCATES for sense 2

at birth

from/since birth

date of birth especially BrE

birth date especially AmE

place of birth

time of birth

home birth (=when a mother gives birth at home instead of in a hospital)

hospital birth (=when a mother gives birth in hospital)

premature birth (=when a baby is born earlier than it should be)

stillbirth (=when a baby is born dead)

multiple birth (=when a mother gives birth to two babies or more at the same time)

birth weight

birth defect (=something wrong with a baby when it is born)

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