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# birthday

noun (birthday, birthdays)

«birthday» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A birthday is the day each year when a person was born; people often have a party and gifts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#m1)
2. Birthday as an adjective means for a birthday: birthday cake, birthday card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#m2)

### In the lessons

a story setting: gifts, cakes, balloons or money received on a birthday; each birthday a person is one year older; phrases: «happy birthday», «birthday party», «birthday cake», «on my birthday», «for her birthday»

### Examples

- For her birthday, Ann got 12 new books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x1)
- He got 25 dollars for his birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x2)
- There were 18 children at the birthday party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x3)
- She had 5 candles on her birthday cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x4)
- Happy birthday, Grandpa! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x5)
- On my next birthday I will be 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x6)
- We sang and blew out the candles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x7)
- I made a birthday card for Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x8)
- But we are forgetting the birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/#x9)

### Note

A setting, carries no clue by itself. What is «got for his birthday» is usually added to what one had before. Each birthday adds 1 to a person's age; the candles on a cake often show the age.

## In Jewish tradition

a story setting: gifts, cakes, balloons or money received on a birthday; each birthday a person is one year older; phrases: «happy birthday», «birthday party», «birthday cake», «on my birthday», «for her birthday»

### Note

A setting, carries no clue by itself. What is «got for his birthday» is usually added to what one had before. Each birthday adds 1 to a person's age; the candles on a cake often show the age.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «birthday» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/birthday/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«birthday» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/birthday.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «birthday» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/birthday/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«birthday» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/birthday.html) on Mova free.