birth
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the time when something begins (especially life)
they divorced after the birth of the child
Types & categories
- commencement hypernym
- cradle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- lifetime part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to be born
My wife had twins yesterday!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- obstetrical delivery derivation
- nativity derivation
- parturition derivation
- birth derivation
- conceive entails
- have a bun in the oven verb group
Sense 3 noun
the event of being born
they celebrated the birth of their first child
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- delivery hyponym
- live birth hyponym
- posthumous birth hyponym
- posthumous birth hyponym
- rebirth hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the process of giving birth
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- brooding hyponym
- calving hyponym
- childbirth hyponym
- farrow hyponym
- hatch hyponym
- laying hyponym
- travail hyponym
Parts & wholes
- reproduction part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Types & categories
- family relationship hypernym
Related & opposite
- parent derivation
Sense 6 noun
a baby born; an offspring
the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | dying |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | birth |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | be born |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lifetime |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cradle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstetrical delivery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nativity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parturition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | birth |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | have a bun in the oven |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | produce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | twin |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | foal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cub |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kitten |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lamb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | litter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pup |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | farrow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fawn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | have young |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | have a bun in the oven |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | death |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | birth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | be born |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nascent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | delivery |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | live birth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | posthumous birth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | posthumous birth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebirth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | birth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | be born |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | reproduction |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | brooding |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | calving |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | childbirth |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | farrow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hatch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | laying |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | travail |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | family relationship |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |