Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The condition of being pregnant: a test for pregnancy.
- n. An instance of being pregnant: Her second pregnancy was easy.
- n. The period during which one is pregnant: the first trimester of pregnancy.
- n. The quality or condition of being rich in significance, import, or implication.
- n. Creativity; inventiveness.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being pregnant; the state of a female who has conceived or is with child; gestation; fetation.
- n. Fruitfulness; fertility; fecundity; productiveness.
- n. Fullness, as of important contents; significance; suggestiveness.
- n. Readiness of wit; shrewdness.
- n. A promising youth; a quick-witted person.
Wiktionary
- n. countable The condition of being pregnant.
- n. The period of time this condition prevails.
- n. uncountable The progression of stages from conception to birth.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The condition of being pregnant; the state of being with young.
- n. Figuratively: The quality of being heavy with important contents, issue, significance, etc.; unusual consequence or capacity; fertility.
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
Etymologies
- From pregnant + -cy. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Obesity in pregnancy is not a topic that is discussed much in the media.”
“If the pregnancy is the issue, have Kristen Stewart wear numerous pillows to represent the stages and then CGI her belly when her shirt is lifted.”
“For Mary, the pregnancy is a divine miracle and a privilege.”
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“Besides watching your child grown, watching your wife go through her pregnancy is also an amazing, eye-opening experience.”
“Pregnancy has a protective maturing effect on the breast that helps the breasts 'internal immune system; the earlier the first term pregnancy is completed, the lower the risk of breast cancer.”
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“Of course when a pregnancy is aborted (1,2,3 trimester) adds some weight.”
“The Nevada Republican earlier discussed her beliefs on the topic during an interview with the Bill Manders in which she called pregnancy in cases of rape and incest, "God's plan.”
“And hiding a pregnancy is always a tricky fashion task.”
“If you (Adriana) have an issue with Linda, fine, but I don't think picking on her pregnancy is the way to make your point.”
“How many women per year are just tossing off a term pregnancy like an old shoe?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pregnancy’.
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LIBE - grounds for discrimination
sex, nationality, racial origin, origin of nationa..., color, mother tongue, disability, medical condition, religious or ideo..., political or othe..., family status, motherhood and 21 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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Pregnant with Possibilities (Includin...
For double the fun, see also Congenital Conditions.
obstetrics, obstetrician, neonatology, neonatologist, isolette, postpartum, prepartum, puerperal fever, induce, pregnancy, episiotomy, meconium and 324 more...
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Theme Prompts
There's a fiction meme (mostly on Livejournal) where writers use words as a prompt for a short story snippet. I've been collecting the words that show up on these lists as prompts for creative writ...
white, black, gray, red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, violet, queen, king, prince and 407 more...
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Phobiariffic
Things that scare me
brain damage, cancer, alzheimer's, children, pregnancy, babies, falling, marriage, moving, house centipedes, horses, silence
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pregnancy.
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