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birth  (births plural )
1  n-var When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth. 
It was the birth of his grandchildren which gave him greatest pleasure..., She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth., ...premature births.  
2  n-uncount You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as its birth. 
with poss 
...the birth of popular democracy.  
3  n-uncount Some people talk about a person's birth when they are referring to the social position of the person's family. 
usu supp N 
...men of low birth..., His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.  
4 
 →  date of birth 
 →  home birth 
5 If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France. 
♦ by birth  phrase adj/n PHR 
Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.  
6 When a woman gives birth, she produces a baby from her body. 
♦ give birth  phrase V inflects 
She's just given birth to a baby girl...  
7 To give birth to something such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist. 
♦ give birth to  phrase V inflects 
In 1980, strikes at the Lenin shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.  
8 The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born. 
♦ of o's birth  phrase n PHR 



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