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What (who) is born - definition
2006 FILM BY RAGNAR BRAGASON
Börn
born
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Born (disambiguation); Born (album)
adj.
1) born of (born of poor parents)
2) born to (born to wealth; born to illiterate parents)
3) born to + inf. (he was born to rule)
4) (misc.) born free
born
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Born (disambiguation); Born (album)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When a baby is born, it comes out of its mother's body at the beginning of its life. In formal English, if you say that someone is born of someone or to someone, you mean that person is their parent.
My mother was 40 when I was born...
He was born of German parents and lived most of his life abroad...
Willie Smith was the second son born to Jean and Stephen.
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed, be V-ed of/to n, V-ed of/to n
2.
If someone is born with a particular disease, problem, or characteristic, they have it from the time they are born.
He was born with only one lung...
Some people are born brainy...
I think he was born to be editor of a tabloid newspaper...
We are all born leaders; we just need the right circumstances in which to flourish.
V-PASSIVE: no cont, be V-ed with n, be V-ed adj, be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed n
3.
You can use be born in front of a particular name to show that a person was given this name at birth, although they may be better known by another name. (FORMAL)
She was born Jenny Harvey on June 11, 1946.
V-PASSIVE: no cont, be V-ed n
4.
You use born to describe someone who has a natural ability to do a particular activity or job. For example, if you are a born cook, you have a natural ability to cook well.
Jack was a born teacher.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
When an idea or organization is born, it comes into existence. If something is born of a particular emotion or activity, it exists as a result of that emotion or activity. (FORMAL)
Congress passed the National Security Act, and the CIA was born...
Energy conservation as a philosophy was born out of the 1973 oil crisis.
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed, be V-ed out of/of n
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born
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Born (disambiguation); Born (album)
¦ adjective
1. existing as a result of birth.
2. (-born) having a specific nationality: a German-born philosopher.
3. having a natural ability to do a particular job or task: a born engineer.
4. (born of) existing as a result of (a situation or feeling): his work is born of despair.
Phrases
born and bred by birth and upbringing.
in all one's born days throughout one's life (used for emphasis).
not know one is born Brit. not realize how easy one's life is.
I (or she, etc.) wasn't born yesterday I am (or she, etc. is) not foolish or gullible.
Origin
OE boren, past participle of beran (see bear1).
Wikipedia
Children (2006 film)
Children (Icelandic: Börn (pronunciation )) is a 2006 Icelandic film. Highly acclaimed, the film won several Edda Awards, and was also submitted as Iceland's official entry to the Academy Awards foreign film section. The film is set in the Breiðholt suburb of Reykjavík, and portrays a grittiness in stark contrast to the tourist-friendly portrayal of the Icelandic capital.
The sequel Parents was released in 2007.
Examples of use of born
1. They have four children: Michael Gerald, born 1'50; John Gardner, born 1'52; Steven Meigs, born 1'56; and Susan Elizabeth, born 1'57.
2. My great–grandmother was born on Diego, and my grandmother was born there, and my mother was born there, and I was born there.
3. Five are American–born, and one was born in Kenya.
4. "It‘s clearly affected the native–born and foreign–born population."
5. She was followed by Martin III, born in 1'57; Dexter Scott, born in 1'61; and Bernice Albertine, born in 1'63.