births

noun

1. 1

   The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.

2. 2

   An instance of childbirth.

   “Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.”

3. 3

   A beginning or start; a point of origin.

   “the birth of an empire”

4. 4

   The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

   “He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.”

5. 5

   That which is born.