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birth·day
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ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ
/
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[
burth
-dey
]
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noun
1.
the anniversary of a
birth
.
2.
the
day
of a person's
birth
.
3.
a
day
marking or commemorating the origin, founding, or beginning of something.
4.
the festivities or celebration marking such a
day
or anniversary.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English;
see
birth
,
day
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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birthday
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birthday
message.
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When the
birthday
boy is centuries old, the party had better be good.
Perhaps they had a bad experience with an unprofessional clown at a
birthday
party.
Follow the link below to enter your name and
birthday
message.
We've prepared a special
birthday
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Combine this with with occasional live music and plant sales, and you have a
birthday
bash to remember.
Today, a great geek, literary and comic book icon celebrates a
birthday
.
Over the years his
birthday
gifts have sent him parasailing, on hot air balloons rides, and zip-lining through canyons.
As many as seven in ten won't live to see their fourth
birthday
.
We may be celebrating a
birthday
or having a little dinner party.
Leave it to a cartoonist to have his
birthday
on a day when people have to cook him a big meal.
My youngest geekling had a
birthday
the other weekend.
And the prominent billionaire must be breathing a sigh of relief as he blows out his
birthday
candles and bids.
The bunting and obsequious banners that recently marked the king's official
birthday
were rarer than in previous years.
Use your brain to override your camera's brain and capture great
birthday
party photos.
Then envision your next
birthday
party and recall your previous one.
When
birthday
time rolls around, their future paleontologist wants a cake in the shape of, or at least.
Our children had played together, had had
birthday
parties together.
The world's population is thought to have reached that milestone on his
birthday
.
On two days, traditionally the anniversary of the
birthday
and.
Remember that on your next
birthday
that you are basically virtual to the universe and the earth.
Cooper gave a red hat and a copy of the poem to a friend for her
birthday
.
Leave
birthday
greetings in a comment if you're so inclined.
Since the retreat is always held on the same day of the same week of the year, it will be on my spouse's
birthday
every few years.
It also tells them whose
birthday
it is and how to dress.
We were checking out this article at a
birthday
party here at the beach.
It all started with a
birthday
party this past winter.
Your grandmother's reprimands about not sending notes for
birthday
gifts don't have any place here.
Consider using the date of your
birthday
each month to remind you to go out exploring.
Listened to a man at an interviewer's
birthday
party deliver a long lecture to me on the merits of a homeless life.
Ask students to choose a month of the year-perhaps the month of their
birthday
or the current month.
Have each student commit to doing an exploration activity on the date of their
birthday
each month.
The sad thing is is that it was my grandpa's
birthday
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
birthday
(ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ)
—
n
1.
a. an anniversary of the day of one's birth
b. (
as modifier
):
birthday present
2.
the day on which a person was born
3.
any anniversary
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
birthday
O.E. byrddæg, "anniversary celebration of someone's birth" (usually a king or saint at first), from
birth
+
day
. Meaning "day on which one is born" is from 1570s. Birthnight is attested from 1620s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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