births

Population growth events

Births is the plural of birth—the emergence of offspring from a parent.

It typically refers to multiple instances of being born: The hospital recorded three hundred births last month.

Births often appears in demographic contexts: birth rates, live births, births per capita.

As a verb form, births means delivers or brings forth: She births her calves in the spring pasture.

reproduction

delivery

Conveyance of goods

gestation · contractions · midwife · obstetrics · newborn · infant · neonatal · caesarean · epidural · placenta

family

genealogy

Study of family descent

progeny · offspring · heirs · children · siblings · parents · relatives · bloodline · heritage · dynasty

beginning

genesis

Point of creation

dawn · emergence · advent · onset · creation · conception · arrival · start · debut · introduction

celebration

party

Gathering for celebration

joy · congratulations · gathering · festivity · presents · balloons · cake · welcome · blessing · christening

records

certificate

Formal written attestation

documentation · announcement · record · baptismal · census · archive · ledger · natal · notification

Categories
Opposites
life cycle endpoints

birthsdeaths

Permanent cessations of life

demises · fatalities · passings · mortalities · deceases

origin vs. termination

birthsendings

Concluding portions

conclusions · terminations · cessations · finales · closures

Phrases
Family

birth, rebirth, birthday, childbirth, birthing, birthplace, birthdays, birthed, birthdate

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G