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Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.
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Meaning of "gestation" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GESTATION

From Latin gestātiō a bearing, from gestāre to bear, frequentative of gerere to carry.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GESTATION

gestation  [dʒɛˈsteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GESTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gestation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GESTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gestation

Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside female viviparous animals, including mammals, as well as some non-mammalian species. Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time. The time interval of a gestation is called the gestation period. In human obstetrics, gestational age refers to the embryonic or fetal age plus two weeks. This is approximately the duration since the woman's last menstrual period began.

Definition of gestation in the English dictionary

The first definition of gestation in the dictionary is the development of the embryo of a viviparous mammal, between conception and birth: about 266 days in humans, 624 days in elephants, and 63 days in cats. Other definition of gestation is the development of an idea or plan in the mind. Gestation is also the period of such a development.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GESTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
crustacean
krʌˈsteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
forestation
ˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
ice-station
ˈaɪsˌsteɪʃən
infestation
ˌɪnfɛˈsteɪʃən
manifestation
ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
outstation
ˈaʊtˌsteɪʃən
PlayStation
ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
prestation
prɛˈsteɪʃən
reforestation
ˌriːfɒrɪˈsteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
station
ˈsteɪʃən
substation
ˈsʌbˌsteɪʃən
workstation
ˈwɜːksteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GESTATION

gestaltism
gestaltist
gestant
Gestapo
gestate
gestational
gestative
gestatorial chair
gestatory
geste
gestic
gestical
gesticulant
gesticulate
gesticulation

WORDS THAT END LIKE GESTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of gestation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GESTATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gestation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gestation

Translation of «gestation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GESTATION

Find out the translation of gestation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gestation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gestation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怀孕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gestación
570 millions of speakers

English

gestation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हमल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беременности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gestação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গর্ভকাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gestation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kehamilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwangerschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

妊娠
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

임신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gestation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mang thai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருவுற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्भावस्था
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gebelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gestazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciąży
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вагітності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gestație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swangerskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dräktighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Drektighets
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gestation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GESTATION»

The term «gestation» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GESTATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gestation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gestation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gestation

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2 QUOTES WITH «GESTATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gestation.
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Roland Joffe
I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.
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Nick Mason
Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GESTATION»

Discover the use of gestation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gestation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation, and Perinatal ...
Establishing the study of multiple pregnancy and the perinatal care of children from multiple births as a recognized specialty within maternal-fetal medicine, the first edition of Multiple Pregnancy was a landmark publication.
Isaac Blickstein, Louis G. Keith, 2005
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Development of Normal Fetal Movements: The First 25 Weeks of ...
This work aims to provide a detailed reasoned map of fetal behavior by describing its features and evolution from 10 to 25 weeks gestation.
Alessandra Piontelli, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Since whales are related to the terrestrial ungulates, it is not surprising that their gestation is of a similar length (Table I). Horses, for example, have a gestation of 11 months (compared with 9 months for a humans pregnancy and 22 months for  ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
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Gestation: Unborn Hostage
Unborn Hostage Richard Henegan. again, Wendy measured the distance between two of the waves and hit ENTER. The baby's heart rate (FHR) was 161. Normal, she rejoiced inside. Everything was just perfect so far, although she would ...
Richard Henegan, 2009
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Atlas of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A ...
FIRST. TRIMESTER. 1.1. NORMAL. PREGNANCY. AT. 5-6. WEEKS. GESTATION. Description. and. Clinical. Features. Within a week after fertilization (-3 weeks gestational age, because gestational age corresponds to time elapsed since last ...
Peter M. Doubilet, Carol B. Benson, 2003
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Antepartal and Intrapartal Fetal Monitoring: Third Edition
Using 15 x 15 criteria, fetuses at 23 to 27 weeks of gestation were reactive only 16.7% of the time. Between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation they were reactive only 65.6% of the time. Preterm fetuses between 33 and 37 weeks' gestation have ...
Michelle Murray PhD, RNC, 2006
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Modern Livestock & Poultry Production
Most large swine producers have used gestation crates (also know as gestation stalls) since the 1990s as the primary housing for gestating sows. In this system, sows stay in crates 24 hours a day from breeding until they are moved a few days  ...
James Gillespie, Frank Flanders, 2009
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Changing Maternal Profile and the Rise of Short Gestation ...
Toni A. Lang. increase in births to mothers over 30 years but also reflected a decrease in births to mothers in the younger age groups. The proportion of first births continued to decrease slightly as the proportion of third and higher order slightly ...
Toni A. Lang, 2007
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
The length of gestation, which varies according to taxonomic group, is correlated with body mass, the number of young per litter, and the degree of development of the young (Eisenberg 1981; Dawson 1995). A prime example of a mammal ...
‎2007
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Introductory Maternity Nursing
The majority of newborns are born around 40 weeks' gestation weighing from 5.5 to 10 lb (2.5 to 4.6 kg) and measuring 18 inches to 23 inches (45 to 55 cm) in length. However, variations in gesta- tional age (the length of time between ...
N. Jayne Klossner, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GESTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gestation is used in the context of the following news items.
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EPA study whitewashes the effects of fracking
... the counties under study rose by 13.9 percent, perinatal mortality by 23.6 percent, low-weight births by 3.4 percent, premature births/gestation ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
2
Goldilocks solution to reviving growth is bank reforms; govt has to …
Banks, burdened with huge bad debt on their books, do not want to take further credit exposure to riskier segments (read long-gestation ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
3
When 'babymoon' holidays during pregnancy go wrong
"Usually it's people who are having their first baby and they're 24 to 30 weeks' gestation. They're on that one last holiday before you get tied ... «The Age, Jul 15»
4
Optimistic on entering the banking business: Kumar Mangalam Birla
Super market and hyper market is a long gestation business. I see improvement month-on-month and quarter-on-quarter and that is the only ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
5
SDCC '15: Vulture's Valiant Writer's Roundtable
Kindt then suggested they should trade books for an issue, ending the panel with a possible gestation of new publishing plan. Bleeding Cool's ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
6
Viacom18 rules out entering sports area in short-term
"Sport is not a genre we are looking at in the short-term. Sports as a genre is very capital intensive. It has a very high gestation from the point of ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
7
Crime writer Gavin Bell: I said they could call me Susan Cross if it …
On reflection, it probably benefited from having a long gestation period. In 2012 I sent it to the agent. Orion, the publisher, liked it and asked me ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
8
Buy rating on Larsen & Toubro: What lies ahead
It is also competing for orders of artillery guns; however, the orders are expected to be of long gestation duration of as much as six years. «Financial Express, Jul 15»
9
The Warratahs new album and tour Runaway Days a return to their …
Some songs tat had their gestation over that time have also seen their way into Runaway Days. Saunders says Mt Victoria Rain even began life ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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BDO takes disaster preparedness lessons to heart
Because it has a long period of gestation and it needs a steady stream of donations that will provide for the long-term operating expenses,” ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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