birthday

[US]/'bɜːθdeɪ/
[UK]/'bɝθde/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.anniversary of one's birth

Phrases & Collocations

Happy birthday!

Birthday cake

Birthday party

Birthday gift

Birthday wishes

Birthday celebration

Birthday boy

Birthday girl

happy birthday

birthday present

birthday card

birthday suit

washington's birthday

Example Sentences

a birthday cake; birthday parties.

A birthday is no occasion for tears.

The birthday party was a festive occasion.

my thirteenth birthday

My birthday is on a Sunday this year.

Your birthday is an annual event.

Mother's birthday fell on May Day.

an overexcited schoolgirl at a birthday party.

one's natal day (=one's birthday)

Trust you to forget my birthday!

It’s my birthday a week on Tuesday.

The laburnum on his birthday,

a belated birthday card.

Real-world Examples

V-E Day also happened to coincide with President Harry Truman’s birthday.

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It was held on April 22—Julius Morton's birthday.

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She made the presentation a month before her sixteenth birthday.

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What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday?

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What did the Pirates say on his 80th birthday?

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I had 14 great birthdays without him!

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Are you ready to shout happy birthday.

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She invited her friends to her birthday party.

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I would say my 18th birthday was really fun.

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Great, but you had your birthday last month.

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