Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

be born

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English

Syllables
be born
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come into existence through birth.

Inflected Forms

no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) am born (first person, present) 'm born (first person, present) was born (first person, past) are born (present, second person) 're born (present, second person) were born (past, second person) is born (present, singular) 's born (present, singular) was born (past, singular) are born (plural, present)

Phrases

a sucker is born every minute be born last week be born yesterday I was born in ... naked as the day one was born no one is born a master not know one is born one's father was born before one

Frequently Paired Words

beget give birth

Antonyms

die

Questions

What does be born mean?
To come into existence through birth.

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