birth
A2Frequent NGSL-2UK /bɜːθ/US /bɜːrθ/
Meaning
noun
the time when a baby is born; the process of being born
“at birth, The baby weighed three kilos at birth.”
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“unless the birth rate returns to a sustainable level.”
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“And it was introduced a year after my birth.”
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“She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.”
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