gestation

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

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

Appears in

Phrases (1)

See all

gestation period
the time during which an embryo or fetus develops before birth

Noun + noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

markdown