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noun

an official form recording the birth of a baby and containing pertinent data, as name, sex, date, place, and parents.

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Origin of birth certificate

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby birth certificate

birr, birrus, birse, birth, birth canal, birth certificate, birth control, birth-control pill, birth date, birthday, Birthday honours

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How to use birth certificate in a sentence

He dropped out of school at 15, lied about his age with a false birth certificate and joined the Army.
Larry Flynt, pornographer and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78|Paul W. Valentine|February 10, 2021|Washington Post
If no other parent is legally involved, the traveling adult should pack relevant paperwork such as sole legal custody documentation, a death certificate or the birth certificate listing only one parent.
If you’re a solo parent traveling internationally with your kids, be ready for this question|Gina Rich|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Our family records were a Bible full of photos and birth certificates.
A thrift shop photo album is full of mystery photos of a District family|John Kelly|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
Plus, getting the requisite documents in order—driver’s license, Social Security card, birth certificate—isn’t simple even under normal circumstances.
On surviving—and leaving—prison during a pandemic|Sarah Scoles|January 21, 2021|Popular-Science

Besides genetic information, Portugal provided a copy of her birth certificate, which lists Vandenberg as the attending physician at her birth.
DNA Testing Is Unearthing Local Fertility Fraud Cases|Jared Whitlock|January 5, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Women are more likely to recover sooner from birth and less likely to experience post-partum depression.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her focus would be on the three months, January through March 1965, that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nothing much to use in cleaning up the baby and his mother after the birth, no place to dispose of the placenta.
Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It.|Gene Robinson|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A native of Haarlem on Zandam, the date of her birth being unknown.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
From the point of view of cover, the gold certificate is completely inelastic.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Though by birth duke of St. Cloud, he preferred the ecclesiastical state to political distinction.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Two or three more infant deaths intervened before the birth of Marcella.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
But that is past; and I feel, that could birth give dignity, my ancestors of Nassau reigned in this very palace!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for birth certificate

birth certificate

noun

an official form giving details of the time and place of a person's birth, and his or her name, sex, mother's name and (usually) father's name

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