born

«born» in Mova's school dictionary: having come into life — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (bear, bears, bore, born — in «be born»); adjective (born = natural, as in «a born leader»)

meaning for a pupil

1) Born means having come into life. A baby is born on its birthday. tree →

2) Born means having a natural gift: «a born singer». tree →

3) Born in a place means that is where your life started: «born in Ireland». tree →

4) An idea or plan can be born: it starts. tree →

sense in the lessons

tells a start in time: the year someone was born, ages, or new animals that add to a group; in science: mammals are born alive, birds hatch from eggs; in history: famous people and when they were born; in everyday life: birthday, «where were you born?»; phrases: «be born», «newborn», «born and bred», «first-born»

examples

• 5 kittens were born on Monday. tree →
• Tom was born 3 years before his sister. tree →
• How old is someone born 8 years ago? tree →
• 4 more calves were born, so now there are 15. tree →
• My baby brother was born last spring. tree →
• She was born in Canada but grew up in Scotland. tree →
• Kangaroos are born very small and live in their mother's pouch. tree →
• He is a born leader. tree →
• The idea for the club was born at a sleepover. tree →

note

New animals born add to the group; «born n years ago» gives the age n. Trap: «born 3 years before» means older by 3. Grammar: «I was born» (not «I am born» or «I borned»). Do not confuse «born» (came into life) with «borne» (carried).

In the corpora

• When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.
• "We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.
• Black and brown bear cubs are born in the den in midwinter and are only about the size of a guinea pig.
• All clownfish are born male, and when the female of a group dies, the biggest male turns into a female.
• Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «born» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.