Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

    In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.

    a born leader

    geboren

    рождённыйroždjónnyj, урождённыйuroždjónnyj, роди́вшийсяrodívšijsja

    наро́дженийnaródženyj, уро́дженийuródženyj, поро́дженийporódženyj

More definitions
  • brought into existence
  • being talented through inherited qualities

Examples

2429 sentences
  1. Tell me where you were born.

    Скажи мені, де ти народився.

    ruСкажи мне, где ты родился.

    deSag mir, wo du geboren bist.

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  2. Tom was born here in Boston.

    Том народився тут, у Бостоні.

    ruТом родился здесь, в Бостоне.

    deTom wurde hier in Boston geboren.

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  3. Tom was born in the winter.

    Том народився зимою.

    ruТом родился зимой.

    deTom wurde im Winter geboren.

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  4. Tom was probably born in Boston.

    Том, можливо, народився в Бостоні.

    ruТом, вероятно, родился в Бостоне.

    deTom wurde vermutlich in Boston geboren.

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  5. I wonder where Tom was born.

    Цікаво, де народився Том.

    ruИнтересно, где Том родился.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
given birth to:
Русский
By meaning 1
given birth to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
given birth to:

Origin

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Prot

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

60 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was born in
  • born and raised
  • both born in
  • was born on
  • was born and
  • children were born
  • were both born
  • born in a
  • born in this
  • born in chicago
  • father was born
  • born in the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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