gestation C2 Topic:Register & Style US /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #45810 Meanings 1 noun the period during which an embryo develops, about 266 days in humans The gestation is progressing normally. 2 noun The process of development of a plan or idea. 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the period during which an... gestation period More pregnancy Word family Forms uterogestation Derived forms gestationalmidgestationmultigestationpregestationuterogestation Common collocations gestation period Noun + noun Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō. Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gestation **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /d͡ʒɛsˈteɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 45810 ## Meanings 1. the period during which an embryo develops, about 266 days in humans 2. The process of development of a plan or idea. ## Examples - The gestation is progressing normally. - 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. ## Synonyms - pregnancy - gestation period ## Derived Forms - gestational - midgestation - multigestation - pregestation - uterogestation ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō. ## Topics - Register & Style markdown