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Word entry · 4 letters

born

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"Delivered into life"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /bɔːn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted bnorStarts with BEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Brought into life by birth; also naturally suited.

Word origin

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

Used in a sentence

  • “Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.”
  • “Born in 1937, I spent my early childhood in Spain.”
  • “a Canadian-born singer-songwriter”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01“Delivered into life”4 letters
02“Native, as a citizen”4 letters
03“Brought into life”4 letters

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