gestation
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gestation
- /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun gestations
- The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- The process of development of a plan or idea. It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation, just as I had been with his.
Similar: pregnancy
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gestation period, pregnancy, childbearing, birth, conception, reproduction, brewing, weight, pipeline, offspring, making, preparation, utero, carrying, gravidity, cyesis
noun
Similar: pregnancy
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noun period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body — see also pregnancy
| Español | gestación |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | गर्भावस्था garbhāvasthā |
| Português | gestação |
| Français | gestation |
| Deutsch | Reifung, Heranreifen |
| Italiano | gestazione |
| Ελληνικά | κυοφορία kyoforía |
| Română | gestație |
| Русский | бере́менность berémennostʹ, вына́шивание vynášivanije |
| Tiếng Việt | thai kì |
noun process of development of a plan or idea
| Português | gestação |
|---|---|
| Русский | вына́шивание vynášivanije, созрева́ние sozrevánije |
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title = {gestation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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