Birthday
noun
The day when a person was born, celebrated every year.
We will be celebrating her birthday next week.
Often appears as...
- celebrate a birthday
- birthday party
noun
The day when something started or was established, celebrated every year.
This year marks the 50th birthday of the internet.
Often appears as...
- company's birthday
- website's birthday
noun
A person's birthday is often considered a special day with potential for good or bad luck.
She always hopes for good luck on her birthday.
Often appears as...
- birthday wish
- birthday surprise
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The day when a person was born, celebrated every year.
We will be celebrating her birthday next week.
Often appears as...
- celebrate a birthday
- birthday party
noun
The day when something started or was established, celebrated every year.
This year marks the 50th birthday of the internet.
Often appears as...
- company's birthday
- website's birthday
noun
A person's birthday is often considered a special day with potential for good or bad luck.
She always hopes for good luck on her birthday.
Often appears as...
- birthday wish
- birthday surprise
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Celebrating birthdays is common in many cultures, often involving parties and gifts.
In the USA, sweet sixteen is a significant birthday celebration.
Pro Tip 2/3Age Milestones
Certain ages are especially celebrated as milestones, like 18th and 21st birthdays.
My 18th birthday was a big event with family and friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Birthday Expressions
Phrases like 'Happy Birthday' or 'Many happy returns' are common birthday greetings.
We all sang 'Happy Birthday' to him when he cut the cake.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Celebrating birthdays is common in many cultures, often involving parties and gifts.
In the USA, sweet sixteen is a significant birthday celebration.
Pro Tip 2/3Age Milestones
Certain ages are especially celebrated as milestones, like 18th and 21st birthdays.
My 18th birthday was a big event with family and friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Birthday Expressions
Phrases like 'Happy Birthday' or 'Many happy returns' are common birthday greetings.
We all sang 'Happy Birthday' to him when he cut the cake.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Celebrating birthdays is common in many cultures, often involving parties and gifts.
In the USA, sweet sixteen is a significant birthday celebration.
Pro Tip 2/3Age Milestones
Certain ages are especially celebrated as milestones, like 18th and 21st birthdays.
My 18th birthday was a big event with family and friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Birthday Expressions
Phrases like 'Happy Birthday' or 'Many happy returns' are common birthday greetings.
We all sang 'Happy Birthday' to him when he cut the cake.
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Video examples
Drew Dudley: Everyday...
"You've been an important person in my life," was a moment that I didn't even remember. How many of you guys have a lollipop moment, a moment where someone said or did something that you feel fundamentally made your life better? All right. How many of you have told that person they did it? See, why not? We celebrate birthdays,
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Watch the Total Solar...
was like to be there for launch and landing what it was like to be there during some emergencies that we had so it's a combination of stories and photos that kind of take a space mission and put it in book format so you said it comes out in October October 3rd just in time for my birthday you know just
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Check your intuition:...
Trying to calculate the odds of a match directly is challenging because there are many ways you could get a birthday match in a group. Instead, it's easier to calculate the odds that everyone's birthday is different. How does that help? Either there's a birthday match in the group, or there isn't,
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Depression, the secret...
Life is short, and that's a whole year you're talking about giving up. Think it through." It's a strange poverty of the English language, and indeed of many other languages, that we use this same word, depression, to describe how a kid feels when it rains on his birthday,
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
It's a cause that probably has involved all of us here. I don't know if your first introduction might have been choruses of "We Are the World," or maybe the picture of a sponsored child on your refrigerator door, or maybe the birthday you donated for fresh water.
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The case of the missing...
approaching a fixed number, while the perimeter was just getting bigger and bigger, uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown. After infinity pinches, flimflam, there it Finite area, but infinite perimeter. Now that is a piece of work.
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
years old you know what they got him for his birthday a wheelchair okay they got him no they got him a wheelchair and they put spin on it and they said no it wasn't a wheelchair it was a massage chair which I was like yeah right who gives a 94 year old
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Dragonfly Named After...
well probably one of the highest tributes for anyone working in the natural world is to have a newly discovered species named after them in fact David I knew you have quite a number already named after you um it's your birthday so one of the world's
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Get comfortable with...
This is me on my third birthday. But I've been this girl all my life, and I feel like even that's been the domino, because in a world that wants us to walk around as representatives of ourselves, being yourself can be a revolutionary act.
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Military Father PIPE No Man...
it's my daughter's birthday you know and I'm gonna need to use this phone at this time because there's nothing that it's gonna prevent me from calling her and reaching her and connecting with so that was very important to me
Video examples
Drew Dudley: Everyday...
"You've been an important person in my life," was a moment that I didn't even remember. How many of you guys have a lollipop moment, a moment where someone said or did something that you feel fundamentally made your life better? All right. How many of you have told that person they did it? See, why not? We celebrate birthdays,
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
was like to be there for launch and landing what it was like to be there during some emergencies that we had so it's a combination of stories and photos that kind of take a space mission and put it in book format so you said it comes out in October October 3rd just in time for my birthday you know just
Video examples
Check your intuition:...
Trying to calculate the odds of a match directly is challenging because there are many ways you could get a birthday match in a group. Instead, it's easier to calculate the odds that everyone's birthday is different. How does that help? Either there's a birthday match in the group, or there isn't,
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
Life is short, and that's a whole year you're talking about giving up. Think it through." It's a strange poverty of the English language, and indeed of many other languages, that we use this same word, depression, to describe how a kid feels when it rains on his birthday,
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
It's a cause that probably has involved all of us here. I don't know if your first introduction might have been choruses of "We Are the World," or maybe the picture of a sponsored child on your refrigerator door, or maybe the birthday you donated for fresh water.
Video examples
The case of the missing...
approaching a fixed number, while the perimeter was just getting bigger and bigger, uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown. After infinity pinches, flimflam, there it Finite area, but infinite perimeter. Now that is a piece of work.
Video examples
Carl Joshua Ncube:...
years old you know what they got him for his birthday a wheelchair okay they got him no they got him a wheelchair and they put spin on it and they said no it wasn't a wheelchair it was a massage chair which I was like yeah right who gives a 94 year old
Video examples
Dragonfly Named After...
well probably one of the highest tributes for anyone working in the natural world is to have a newly discovered species named after them in fact David I knew you have quite a number already named after you um it's your birthday so one of the world's
Video examples
Get comfortable with...
This is me on my third birthday. But I've been this girl all my life, and I feel like even that's been the domino, because in a world that wants us to walk around as representatives of ourselves, being yourself can be a revolutionary act.
Video examples
Military Father PIPE No Man...
it's my daughter's birthday you know and I'm gonna need to use this phone at this time because there's nothing that it's gonna prevent me from calling her and reaching her and connecting with so that was very important to me
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Robin Gibb
English Musician
You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us.
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Matt Besser
American Actor
Don't invite me to a surprise birthday party. I don't have room for that secret. I've got enough real secrets I have to keep: dark, life-destroying secrets.
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Sonu Sood
Indian Actor
I miss my mom and dad. They brought me into this world and I wish they were with me on my birthday. So I don't celebrate it much.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
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Mary Steenburgen
American Actress
I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about.
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Guy Johnson
American Celebrity
My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman
American Wrestler
March 15th is the most important day of the year. It's my birthday.
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George Harrison
British Musician
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
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Troy Aikman
American Athlete
My 21st birthday was probably the worst day of my life.
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Robin Gibb
English Musician
You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us.
Quote examples
Matt Besser
American Actor
Don't invite me to a surprise birthday party. I don't have room for that secret. I've got enough real secrets I have to keep: dark, life-destroying secrets.
Quote examples
Sonu Sood
Indian Actor
I miss my mom and dad. They brought me into this world and I wish they were with me on my birthday. So I don't celebrate it much.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
Quote examples
Mary Steenburgen
American Actress
I decided if you're lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about.
Quote examples
Guy Johnson
American Celebrity
My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.
Quote examples
Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.
Quote examples
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
American Wrestler
March 15th is the most important day of the year. It's my birthday.
Quote examples
George Harrison
British Musician
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
Quote examples
Troy Aikman
American Athlete
My 21st birthday was probably the worst day of my life.
Example 1 of 10
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