birth
Because it is a word with a single syllable, birth is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofbirth
- The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
- An instance of childbirth.
Example: "Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births."
- A beginning or start; a point of origin.
Example: "the birth of an empire"
- The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
Example: "He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him."
- That which is born.
- To bear or give birth to (a child).
- To produce, give rise to.
- A familial relationship established by childbirth.
Example: "Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather."
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