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Meaning of "midwive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MIDWIVE

midwive  [ˈmɪdˌwaɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIDWIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Midwive is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb midwive in English.

WHAT DOES MIDWIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

midwive

Midwife

The midwife is the professional who practices the obstetrics as a health science. The term is used in reference to both women and men, although most midwives are female. In addition to providing care to women during pregnancy and birth, some midwives may also provide primary care to women, well-woman care related to reproductive health, annual gynecological exams, family planning, and menopausal care. Many developing countries are investing money and training so that midwives and other community health workers can provide primary care services, that are currently lacking. Midwives are specialists in childbirth, postpartum, and well-woman health care. They are educated and trained to recognize the variations of normal progress of labor and deal with deviations from normal to discern and intervene in high risk situations. In many developing nations, midwifery is the front-line of maternal health services and provides necessary care in a safe and cost effective manner, where it is available. In the US, more women utilize obstetricians, rather than midwives, who are specialists, not only in healthy pregnancies, but also in illness related to childbearing and in surgery.

Definition of midwive in the English dictionary

The definition of midwive in the dictionary is to act as midwife during the birth of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MIDWIVE

PRESENT

Present
I midwive
you midwive
he/she/it midwives
we midwive
you midwive
they midwive
Present continuous
I am midwiving
you are midwiving
he/she/it is midwiving
we are midwiving
you are midwiving
they are midwiving
Present perfect
I have midwived
you have midwived
he/she/it has midwived
we have midwived
you have midwived
they have midwived
Present perfect continuous
I have been midwiving
you have been midwiving
he/she/it has been midwiving
we have been midwiving
you have been midwiving
they have been midwiving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I midwived
you midwived
he/she/it midwived
we midwived
you midwived
they midwived
Past continuous
I was midwiving
you were midwiving
he/she/it was midwiving
we were midwiving
you were midwiving
they were midwiving
Past perfect
I had midwived
you had midwived
he/she/it had midwived
we had midwived
you had midwived
they had midwived
Past perfect continuous
I had been midwiving
you had been midwiving
he/she/it had been midwiving
we had been midwiving
you had been midwiving
they had been midwiving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will midwive
you will midwive
he/she/it will midwive
we will midwive
you will midwive
they will midwive
Future continuous
I will be midwiving
you will be midwiving
he/she/it will be midwiving
we will be midwiving
you will be midwiving
they will be midwiving
Future perfect
I will have midwived
you will have midwived
he/she/it will have midwived
we will have midwived
you will have midwived
they will have midwived
Future perfect continuous
I will have been midwiving
you will have been midwiving
he/she/it will have been midwiving
we will have been midwiving
you will have been midwiving
they will have been midwiving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would midwive
you would midwive
he/she/it would midwive
we would midwive
you would midwive
they would midwive
Conditional continuous
I would be midwiving
you would be midwiving
he/she/it would be midwiving
we would be midwiving
you would be midwiving
they would be midwiving
Conditional perfect
I would have midwive
you would have midwive
he/she/it would have midwive
we would have midwive
you would have midwive
they would have midwive
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been midwiving
you would have been midwiving
he/she/it would have been midwiving
we would have been midwiving
you would have been midwiving
they would have been midwiving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you midwive
we let´s midwive
you midwive
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to midwive
Past participle
midwived
Present Participle
midwiving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIDWIVE


alive
əˈlaɪv
archive
ˈɑːkaɪv
arrive
əˈraɪv
Clive
klaɪv
derive
dɪˈraɪv
dive
daɪv
drive
draɪv
five
faɪv
hive
haɪv
I´ve
aɪv
jive
dʒaɪv
overdrive
ˈəʊvəˌdraɪv
revive
rɪˈvaɪv
rive
raɪv
strive
straɪv
survive
səˈvaɪv
swive
swaɪv
thrive
θraɪv
unwive
ʌnˈwaɪv
wive
waɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIDWIVE

midterm
midterm blues
midterm elections
midterm exams
midtown
midwatch
midway
Midway Islands
midweek
midweekly
Midwest
Midwestern
Midwesterner
midwife
midwife toad
midwifery
midwinter
midwives
midyear

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIDWIVE

active
alternative
automotive
competitive
comprehensive
cooperative
creative
effective
exclusive
executive
expensive
extensive
give
in the negative
interactive
live
massive
native
negative
on the defensive

Synonyms and antonyms of midwive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «midwive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIDWIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

midwive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

midwive
570 millions of speakers

English

midwive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

midwive
380 millions of speakers
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midwive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

midwive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

midwive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

midwive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

midwive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Midwive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

midwive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

midwive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

midwive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Midwive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

midwive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

midwive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिडियावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ebelerin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

midwive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

midwive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

midwive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

midwive
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

midwive
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

midwive
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

midwive
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

midwive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of midwive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDWIVE»

The term «midwive» is used very little and occupies the 167.030 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDWIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «midwive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «midwive» 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 midwive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDWIVE»

Discover the use of midwive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to midwive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Interpreting Professional Self-Regulation: A History of the ...
PREP , pre—registration education Second Councill 48 54 55 Enland: Briggs Committecjfi 9 3 4 ; midwive.9 enhanced practitioner Ennals, Davi enrolled nurses (ENs) (second level nurses): Briggs Committe First Counci 45 re— reistration ...
Abigail Beach, Celia Davies, 2013
2
Women as Mothers in Pre-Industrial England
C2, fo. 117 (c.1640). IE1 HL, Hastings MS HA 1250s (1672). 'E Eccles, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 58-61 ;J. Sharpe, The Midwive's Book, first pub. 1671, Facsmile (New York, 1985), 102-4. The urine tests involved inspecting a woman's urine ...
Valerie Fildes, 2013
3
Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth
... types of, 121; as witch-hunt targets, 183-84 Midwives Association of North America (MANA), 313 Midwive's Institute, England, 302 Midwives' Monitor and Mother's Mirror, The (Seaman), 190 Midwive's Tale, A (Ulrich), 300 Mies, Maria, 64-65, ...
Robbie P. Kahn, 1998
4
The American People in Colonial New England
After this, the Midwive having drawen out the shoulders, may easily draw forth the rest of the body: which must not be done either hastily or rashly. But because the child naturally doth come into the world, with the face downward: therefore ...
James Axtell, 1973
5
The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, esq: revised and ...
f. r.Midwive*. 191. A 38. fir it, t. are. p. 19s./. 14. r. Hair «• the Harpy with. f. 196. A * //. delethty.p. »*8. /. 37-J^ >»» r« was. p. »3z. /» »A# Mtttf, for £m>, r. m $. 146. 1. 1 7. r. Wounds, p. 149. /«□ sorpaft, '. suppress. f>. 157. /. 39. for was, r. is. /.161.
Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, 1711
6
Garner's Modern American Usage
This despite the ordinary understanding that the Midwest's most southwestern state is Kansas. midwife, v.t.; ✳midwive. The first is the preferred form for the verb as well as the noun—e.g.: • “The milling district of Minneapolis . . . midwived [read  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
7
The history of the Reformation, and other ecclesiastical ...
Sapma made answer; God did forbid lying ae much in the casi- of the Egyp. tian Midwive: as in any other; but in their case the command of the King extended to the hurt of their innocent neighbours', and to the murder of harrnlesfr infant: 3 ...
Geeraert Brandt, 1723
8
Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
See amid (b). midwife, vb.; midwive. The first is the preferred form—e.g.: “This may happen when a writing judge believes with heart and soul that his position is right, but he knows that his majority is shaky; here persuasiveness must midwive  ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2011
9
Surgeons, Smallpox and the Poor: A History of Medicine and ...
The only other midwive outside of Halifax that I am aware of in the 176os was Barbary Cuffey (also spelled Cuffy), a black woman who described herself as a midwife in a Queen's County deed on 4 March 1769 (pans RG47, Reel 6o6, Book 1 ...
Allan E. Marble, 1997
10
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
M lL Pope was the editor of Parnel's poems, and, like Dr. G. was persuaded by Ttis bookseller tp midwive into the world the beauties of the Italian poets who wrote in Latin. He did not, however, perceive that his friend Parnel had imposed upon ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1767

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDWIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term midwive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Who's caring for NZ's mums-to-be?
... do show that almost 90 percent of women are looked after by what's known as a lead maternity carer, who is usually a community midwive. «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
2
How Jonathan Plans To Reposition PDP
... caretaker committee which would midwive a new convention after the party has overcome the shock of the defeat. Those who are ready to go ... «Leadership Newspapers, May 15»
3
Deliveries fall below target
There were 149 births at the midwive-led facility in 2014, far shy of the original 500-birth annual target. A total of 126 babies were born at the ... «Winnipeg Sun, May 15»
4
Midwives: for a better tomorrow
At the end of 2015, 500 students will graduate as Midwive and deployed to some Upazilla Health Complexes (UHC) to provide 24/7 ... «The Daily Star, May 15»
5
I wish I didn't have to rely on Google to help me breastfeed
Called a midwive who said to use a syringe and express by hand. ... Called another midwive who told me the boy needs to suck or the breasts ... «The Guardian, May 15»
6
The risk of being overweight and pregnant
I'm just saying that not every doctor/midwive is the same, and honestly I had switched to this OBGYN because my experience with a midwife I ... «BabyCenter, Apr 15»
7
LGBT Community furious over Call the Midwife – BBC's Heidi …
The fact that it was Call the Midwive, known for it's deep and well researched and often educational storylines, presenting this story hurt the ... «Unreality TV, Mar 15»
8
Alberta's midwive funding may force new grads to seek jobs elsewhere
A lack of provincial funding could force many of the first students to graduate from Mount Royal University's midwifery bachelor degree program ... «CBC.ca, Feb 15»
9
Civil society opposes health workers' export
Uganda's current doctor to patient ratio is 1:15, 000; nurses to patient is 1:7, 000 and midwive to patient ratio is 1:9,000. This is against the ... «New Vision, Feb 15»
10
Nurses vote for industrial action ahead of march on Dáil
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwive's organisation in the University Hospitals Group have voted in favour of industrial action in response ... «Irish Examiner, Jan 15»

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