date of birth

noun phrase

: the month, day, and year a person was born : birth date
Give your full name and date of birth.

Examples of date of birth in a Sentence

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Years ago, a man who was then my fiancé gave me a mourning ring, inscribed with the name and dates of birth and death of a Frenchwoman who lived in the mid-eighteenth century. Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 Information accessed included customer names, transaction information, bank account numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, dates of birth phone numbers, utility bills, government IDs and social security numbers. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2024 Miranda Tyson While Miranda’s exact date of birth is not known, Tyson and Young welcomed her sometime in the mid-1990s, naming her after one of Uranus' moons. Katie Mannion, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024 Most states ask you for information like your name, date of birth, and driver’s license number in order to check if your voter registration is active. Anna Gordon, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024 You'll be asked to provide your first and last name and date of birth. Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2024 Once there, plug in your first initial, last name, county and date of birth. Kristal Dixon, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024 Then a prompt pops up on the phone showing what information the other party is requesting, such as date of birth and legal name. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024 At first, Perez was cooperative with officers and gave them her name, date of birth and apartment number. Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of date of birth was in 1789

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“Date of birth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date%20of%20birth. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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