Born I Family Life Verb Bre Bɔːn Bɔːrn

• i was born in 1976.
• he was born in a small village in northern spain.
• she was born with a weak heart.
• she was born into a very musical family.

born

1. to come out of your mother’s body at the beginning of your life
• I was born in 1976.
• He was born in a small village in northern Spain.
• She was born with a weak heart.
• She was born into a very musical family.
• He was born of/to German parents.
• Her brother was born blind (= was blind when he was born).
• John Wayne was born Marion Michael Morrison (= that was his name at birth).
2. to start to exist
• the city where the protest movement was born
• She acted with a courage born (out) of desperation.
3. born in the order, way, place, etc. mentioned
• see also newborn
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/newborn
• firstborn
• nobly born
• French-born
4. to behave or do things in a particular manner because it is part of your character
• It's not his fault he's so pompous—he was born that way.
5. to have something as your destiny (= what is certain to happen to you) from birth
• He was born to be a great composer.
6. born and having grown up in a particular place with a particular background and education
• He was born and bred in Boston.
• I'm a Londoner, born and bred.
7. having rich parents
8. used when you are very surprised at something you have never heard or seen before
• I've never heard such nonsense in all my born days.
9. used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what somebody is telling you
• Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know.
10. to have an easy life without realizing how easy it is
• You people without kids don't know you're born.
11. used to say that somebody is very stupid
12. as if something is natural for you and you have done it many times in the past
• She adapted to life on the estate as if to the manner born.

Extra Examples

• I was born and bred in Texas.
• She was born into a wealthy family.
• The part is played by an American-born actress.
• Their child was born with a serious medical problem.
• babies who are born to very young mothers
• to be born of noble parents

Word Origin

• Old English boren, past participle of beran ‘to bear’, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bharati, Greek pherein, and Latin ferre.