Birthday
['bɜːθdeɪ] or ['bɝθde]
Definition
(noun.) an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it).
(noun.) the date on which a person was born.
Typist: Xavier--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
(n.) The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.
Editor: Nicolas
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Natal day.[2]. Anniversary of one's birth.
Edited by Fred
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a birthday is a signal of poverty and falsehood to the young, to the old, long trouble and desolation.
Typed by Konrad
Unserious Contents or Definition
Anniversary of one's birth. Observed only by men and children.
Inputed by Hubert
Examples
- Thus far, he had exactly repeated what he had done on the birthday night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We were to look at what happened on my birthday night, together, she went on; and we were then to understand each other. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I see three very serious questions involved in the Colonel's birthday-gift to my cousin Rachel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I didn't mean to say anything about it, for it's not birthday talk, but you have got it out of me, you see, before I sit down. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This is her birthday. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Said to-day was his birthday and he'd hand 'em over to-night at twelve o'clock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is not the birthday of one of the three children. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We shall have put you back again into something assimilating to your nervous condition on the birthday night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He'll be eighty-two next birthday. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The next birthday came round, and we heard he was ill in bed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The wicked Colonel's will has left his Diamond as a birthday present to my cousin Rachel, says Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The question instantly awakened one of my dormant remembrances in connection with the birthday festival. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But they had done what they wanted--they had finished the door on the birthday, and proud enough they were of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This medal was founded in 1902 by the professional friends and associates of the veteran American ironmaster and metallurgical inventor, in honor of his eightieth birthday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Three more birthdays of little Lucie had been woven by the golden thread into the peaceful tissue of the life of her home. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There were rejoicings at home on other birthdays, as I knew from what I heard the girls relate to one another--there were none on mine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There's a special destiny in the matter, my dear sir; there's only five years' difference between 'em, and both their birthdays are in August. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There were holidays at school on other birthdays--none on mine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Don't you remember how we used to do on our birthdays? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Penelope