Born
adj, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of burn (a stream) Geordie, alt-of, alternative
- 1 past participle of bear; given birth to. form-of, participle, past
"Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents."
- 2 Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.) Geordie, alt-of, alternative
- 3 past participle of bear in other senses. form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born."
- 1 Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited. not-comparable
"In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret."
- 1 being talented through inherited qualities wordnet
- 2 brought into existence wordnet
- 1 A surname from English.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"He was born on July 28th, 1888."
Etymology
From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).
Dialectal variant of burn.
A variant of Bourne.
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