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birth date

American  
[burth-dayt] / ˈbɜrθˌdeɪt /
Or birthdate

noun

  1. the date of a person’s birth, usually expressed as a specific day, month, and year.


Etymology

Origin of birth date

First recorded in 1550–1600


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Professor Anderson added: "Until that evidence becomes available, the precise birth date of the animal kingdom remains uncertain."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Your payment date depends on your birth date, so your first payment will generally arrive the month after your first month of entitlement, regardless of whether your birthday is on, say, Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

She immediately rang her mum, Susan, to check her long-lost brother's birth date.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

For Claude, HealthEx needed my birth date, phone number, face scan and a driver’s license for verification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Each document gave a different birth date, and neither matched the one Grandma had put on the affidavit.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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