is born

Comes into being

Is born describes the moment when a person or animal enters the world through birth.

The passive construction emphasizes the new life rather than the mother giving birth: She was born in 1985; The puppies were born last night.

Extended uses apply to the emergence of ideas, movements, or entities: A new political party was born from the protests.

The phrase also appears in expressions like born to run or born again, suggesting destiny or transformation.

Related

water breaks · birth · first cry · it's a girl · bundle of joy · infant · umbilical cord · child · new life · midwife · birthing center · parturition · neonatal · big bang · gestation · arrives · enters · genesis

Opposites
life cycle endpoints

is borndies

Stops being alive

passes away · perishes · expires · deceases · passes on

coming into existence

is bornvanishes

Ceases to be visible

disappears · fades away · ends

Family

bear, born, bearing, newborn, unborn, births, reborn, borne, firstborn

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