born
pronunciation
How to pronounce born in British English:
UK [bɔːn]
How to pronounce born in American English:
US [bɔːrn]
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- Adjective:
- brought into existence
- being talented through inherited qualities
Word Origin
- born
- born: [OE] The Old English past participle of the verb meaning ‘bear’ was boren. By Middle English times this had become contracted to born(e), but no distinction in meaning was made on the basis of spelling. This did not come about until around 1600, since when born has become established as the obstetric orthography, while borne remains the straightforward past participle of bear ‘carry’.=> bear
- born
- Old English boren, alternative past participle of beran (see bear (v.)). Distinction between born and borne is 17c.
Example
- 1. Both of them were born in the prison .
- 2. The devil died the very day you were born .
- 3. Are they born smart or is it just practice ?
- 4. You are not a born ceo or investor or chess grandmaster .
- 5. Like human beings , strategies start to die the moment they 're born .