That which is born.
Used in a Sentence
births
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for births.
Editorial note
Birth rate (technically, births/population rate) is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
That which is born.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of births gathered in one view.
(countable) An instance of childbirth.
(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for births.
noun
That which is born.
noun
(countable) An instance of childbirth.
noun
(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
noun
(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
Example sentences
Birth rate (technically, births/population rate) is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year.
The more advanced a society is, the closer the ratio of births/deaths is, so I'm not that worried.
In 1990, teens had a higher share of all births (13%) than did women ages 35 and older (9%).
People living longer = fewer births assuming stable population, and a greater percentage of life spent in older years.
The United Nations recognizes prevention of births in a target group as a form of genocide.
In 2008, the reverse was true — 10% of births were to teens, compared with 14% to women ages 35 and older.
In a stable population, births per year are inversely proportional to life expectancy.
If the assumption that the ratio of births is 50/50, then no.
Only 12 percent of births by college graduates are to unmarried women.
Hospitals and experiences differ, neither of my kids' births were like that.
Food is above trend; deaths, births, greenhouse gasses are well below.
These should be normalized for the number of births per year.
Quote examples
More tragic (under Births): "Confined yesterday, Twins, one alive, a girl, Mother not expected to to live" becomes annexus.
According to the paper "Intended and Unintended Births in the United States: 1982–2010" where they interviewed 12 000 women, for women aged 15-24 either married or living together with their partner, a little more than half of all pregnancies were intended.
I think he means there's a difference between births arising from couples in love, as opposed to births arising either by accident or from couples bound by other arrangments forced out of motives of survival, hence the qualifier being a " lover's birth rate." As for quantifying which births are " lover's " births, and which are not, well...
Last I saw 15 000 properties being built p/a; and population growth: "London had the highest growth, with population in the capital up 1.45%, a result of 82,400 more births than deaths and the highest net international migration of all regions at 107,400."[0] Enough building?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use births in a sentence?
Birth rate (technically, births/population rate) is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year.
What does births mean?
That which is born.
What part of speech is births?
births is commonly used as noun.