Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Brought into life by birth.
- adjective Brought into existence; created.
- adjective Having from birth a particular quality or talent.
- adjective Destined, or seemingly destined, from birth.
- adjective Resulting or arising.
- adjective Native to a particular country, region, or place. Often used in combination.
- idiom (born yesterday) Naive or ignorant. Used in negative constructions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
bone . - Possessing from birth the quality or character stated: as, a born poet; a born fool.
- Innate; inherited; produced with a person at birth: as, born wit; born dignity: in both senses opposed to acquired after birth or from experience.
- Often abbreviated to
b .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.
- past participle Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate.
- past participle (Theol.) regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life.
- past participle [Colloq.] days since one was born; lifetime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
bear ; givenbirth to. - adjective Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
- noun Geordie Alternative spelling of
burn . Astream . - verb Geordie Alternative spelling of
burn . Withfire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective brought into existence
- noun British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
- adjective being talented through inherited qualities
Etymologies
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Examples
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In my experience at three places of work, the overwhelming majority of researchers were foreign born Ph. D.s. This situation did not arise because of some hypothetical "anti-U. S.-born" discriminatory practices by the employing organizations.
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A child with cystic fibrosis may be born, and I think that, overall, this is not as good a thing as a child without CF being born*, but I think that it would not be appropriate for the government to tell two people they cannot reproduce, at least with each other.
Government Bans Aren’t a Legitimate Way of Avoiding Birth Defects
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In the proposition, Franklin was not born in England, the fact expressed by the words _born in England_ is denied of the man Franklin.
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In the proposition, Franklin was not born in England, the fact expressed by the words _born in England_ is denied of the man
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)
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For just as a child is born of its mother, and by this bodily birth is a sinful being and a _child of wrath; _ thus also is man taken and _born spiritually_ from the baptism, and by _this birth he is a child of grace and a justified person_.
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Lawsuits have been filed by people who don't believe Obama was born in Honolulu and is a U. S.-born citizen.
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Castrucci is an example of how complex immigration cases can be, especially if they involve people who are born abroad and gain citizenship through U. S.-born or naturalized parents.
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Castrucci is an example of how complex immigration cases can be, especially if they involve people who are born abroad and gain citizenship through U. S.-born or naturalized parents.
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The vast majority of these children were born in the United States. poverty rate for such children was almost twice as high as for those born to either legal immigrants or U. S.-born parents.
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Castrucci is an example of how complex immigration cases can be, especially if they involve people who are born abroad and gain citizenship through U. S.-born or naturalized parents.
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