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give birth

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To release live offspring from the body into the environment.
    intransitive
  2. To become the parent of by birthing.
    transitive
  3. To become the source of.
    figuratively, idiomatic, transitive, usually

Equivalents

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Examples

“It was clear that she was about to give⟳ birth.”
“She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.”
“The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat⟳ Qu, and forced her and the baby to live⟳ in a small shack.”
“The rest⟳ of the Orville's crew underwent changes as well. Bortus' beliefs were challenged when he gave birth to a daughter - on Moclan society, males are the dominant species and females must undergo⟳ a mandatory sex change⟳.”
“Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

give blood give brain give by give chance to give chase give credit

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