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   borne

   /bɔːn/

   verb

   • 1. past participle of bear

   adjective

   • 1. carried or transported by the thing specified: "insect-borne pollen"

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   What does borne mean in English?

   • Borne is, just like born, the past participle of the verb bear, which can mean (among other things) "to contain" or "to give birth to." At first, borne and born were variant spellings of the same adjective. Used as in water-borne (or water-born), it means "carried by." In the phrase "borne enemies" (or "born enemies"), it means "from birth."

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   What is the difference between born and borne?

   • To add to the confusion, the spelling borne sees occasional use in the passive voice in the "to give birth to" sense, as in "two sons were borne by his wife." In combining forms, born is reserved for the adjective related to birth (as in newly-born and Massachusetts-born) and borne retains the sense of "carried" ("airborne passengers").

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   What is the past tense of born?

   • Born is the common past-tense form of the verb meaning "to give birth." It is often used in the passive voice: She was born in a log cabin in March of 1817. A lot of good ideas are born outside the workplace. a movement born during the Renaissance a law born out of necessity sea-born breezes

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   What does borne enemies mean?

   • In the phrase "borne enemies" (or "born enemies"), it means "from birth." To add to the confusion, the spelling borne sees occasional use in the passive voice in the "to give birth to" sense, as in "two sons were borne by his wife."

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   What does was / were born mean?

   • We use was / were born when we talk about when or where someone started their life: I was born in 1988. Not: I am born in 1988. or I born in 1988. Bear means to tolerate something, usually something that you dislike.

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   How do you use the phrase 'Be Born' in a sentence?

   • We use born in the phrase be born to indicate that a child has entered the world: They say that in China a new baby is born every five minutes. We use was / were born when we talk about when or where someone started their life: I was born in 1988. Not: I am born in 1988. or I born in 1988.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBORNE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Having and owning - general words. Obstetrics: birth. Transferring and transporting objects. Changing direction. Announcing, informing & stating. -borne. suffix. uk/ -bɔːn/us/ -bɔːrn/ carried or moved by a particular thing: airborne. waterborne. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   Borne is the past participle of bear, meaning "to contain" or "to give birth to." It can also be an adjective meaning "transported" or "transmitted by." See examples, synonyms, word history, and related phrases.

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   Both born and borne are forms of bear. Born is commonly used with the sense of bear meaning 'to give birth.' Borne is used in reference to carrying something (physically or figuratively), as a combining form with words like air, and, occasionally, in the 'give birth to' sense.

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   Learn the difference between born and borne, two easily confused words in English. Born means to be born as a child, while borne means to tolerate or bear something.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of 'borne' as a verb, a noun and a combining form. Find examples, synonyms, collocations and grammar rules for 'borne'.

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   BORNE is a verb or a noun with different meanings and uses. As a verb, it is the past participle of bear1, meaning to carry or support something or someone. As a noun, it is a circular sofa with a conical or cylindrical back piece.

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   Definition of borne verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.