birth
noun
ADJ. live Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths.| normal | breech, Caesarean, premature | multiple | legitimate | illegitimate | home
VERB + BIRTH give She gave birth to a baby boy.| register
BIRTH + NOUN certificate | rate | weight
PREP. at ~ The baby weighed 7 pounds at birth.| at/during a/the ~ The child's father was present at the birth.| by ~ He was American by birth, but lived in France.
PHRASES births, marriages and deaths a registry of births, marriages and deaths| your date/place of birth, of low/noble birth (= born to a poor/aristocratic family), the moment of birth
