{
    "term": "born",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to come out of your mother’s body at the beginning of your life",
            "sensetop": "born into somethingborn of/to somebodyborn with something+ adj.+ noun",
            "labels": "(often ironic)(often ironic)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was born in 1996."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was born in a small village in northern Spain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was born on 7 February 1874."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was **born by Caesarean section** on Friday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was born into a very musical family.",
                    "contextForm": "born into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These children were born into poverty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was born of/to German parents.",
                    "contextForm": "born of/to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was born with a rare heart condition.",
                    "contextForm": "born with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was born with a weak heart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her brother was **born blind** *(= was blind when he was born)*.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "John Wayne was born Marion Michael Morrison *(= that was his name at birth)*.",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was born into a wealthy family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their child was born with a serious medical problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "babies who are born to very young mothers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be born of noble parents"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["prematurely"],
                "preposition": ["into", "of", "to"],
                "phrases": ["be born alive", "be born dead", "be born and bred"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to start to exist",
            "sensetop": "born (out) of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the city where the protest movement was born"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She acted with a courage born (out) of desperation.",
                    "contextForm": "born (out) of something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "born in the order, way, place, etc. mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "firstborn"
                },
                {
                    "text": "nobly born"
                },
                {
                    "text": "French-born"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The part is played by an American-born actress."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to behave or do things in a particular manner because it is part of your character",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's not his fault he's so pompous—he was born that way."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have something as your destiny (= what is certain to happen to you) from birth",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was born to be a great composer."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "born and having grown up in a particular place with a particular background and education",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was born and bred in Boston."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm a Londoner, born and bred."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was born and bred in Texas."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having rich parents",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are very surprised at something you have never heard or seen before",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've never heard such nonsense in all my born days."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what somebody is telling you",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have an easy life without realizing how easy it is",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You people without kids don't know you're born."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody is very stupid",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as if something is natural for you and you have done it many times in the past",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She adapted to life on the estate as if to the manner born."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔːn/",
                "audio": "bo/born/born__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɔːrn/",
                "audio": "bo/born/born__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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."
}