borne
pronunciation
How to pronounce borne in British English:
UK [bɔːn]
How to pronounce borne in American English:
US [bɔːrn]
Word Origin
- borne
- past participle of bear (v.).
Example
- 1. These costs are not all borne by the obese .
- 2. The project has borne some fruit .
- 3. Tsa screeners have borne the brunt of the outrage .
- 4. The people of northern ireland have long borne the unbearable weight of history .
- 5. Such technologies have long seemed promising ; recently the promise has begun to be borne out .