gestation
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin gestatio.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gestation (plural gestations)
- The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
- The process of development of a plan or idea.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
- 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.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body
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process of development of a plan or idea
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External links [edit]
- gestation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gestation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
