noun
Meaning 1
Birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nascence
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈneɪ.səns/
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noun
Meaning 2
Coming into being; inception, beginning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the event of being born
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: birth, nativity, nascency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alteration, modification
Narrower terms: delivery, live birth, posthumous birth, reincarnation, rebirth, renascence
History
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Latin nāscentia + -ence, from nāscentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nāscī (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnāscī; see genus). Doublet of nascency.