Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- n. The feelings or characteristics associated with being a mother; motherliness.
- n. A maternity ward.
- adj. Relating to or effective during pregnancy, childbirth, or the first months of motherhood: a maternity dress; maternity leave.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- n. A place for the care of mothers in childbirth; a lying-in ward or hospital.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- n. The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
- n. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- n. The character of a mother; maternal quality; motherliness.
- n. The maternity ward; the maternity department of a hospital.
- adj. Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant.
- adj. For use during pregnancy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- n. the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- n. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
Etymologies
- French maternité, from Medieval Latin māternitās, from Latin māternus, maternal; see maternal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Nicci used what she called a maternity spell on me.”
“Infertile couples say they protect themselves by hiding most, if not all, Facebook posts from pregnant friends who can't resist hitting the site's "Share" button to show off, say, the latest in maternity ware.”
The Washington Post: Infertile couples cope with prolific Facebook friends
“The vast majority of child geniuses are boys so no time “wasted” in maternity wards for them!”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Age Discrmination Against Child Prodigy?
“Now I know that you cant place a price on the importance of your kids or in being there with your kids - I am trying really!!! but after buying a house in the up rising market we are a head of that game but the $$$ paid out on maternity is not enough for any person to pay the 2006+ mortgage rates!!”
» Victoria, Jill and Jennifer Share Maternity Leave Stories Strocel.com
“I was in maternity clothes about 5 seconds after I found out I was pregnant with The Bug.”
“Seriously, I was in maternity clothes from 10 weeks on the second time around - and I was in fat jeans before that.”
“(Similar tests can reveal whether sons and daughters are really descended from their mothers and grandmothers, though non-maternity is much rarer than non-paternity.)”
“Lorentz's documentary on the squalid conditions in maternity wards for the poor was released in 1939 as The Fight for Life.”
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
“The health care provided to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period—what is known as maternity care—is also in need of improvement.”
Simon & Schuster: Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth
“Hours before admitting it was a scam, Sarah Everson showed an Associated Press reporter pictures of her in maternity clothes, her baring a huge pregnant-looking midsection, even sonogram images she claimed were of her infants.”
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