incubation C1 Topic:Register & Style US /ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/ UK /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #35120 Meanings 1 noun Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing. Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms coincubationimmunoincubationincubationalmicroincubationpostincubationpreincubationreincubation Related forms incubateincubativeincubator Common collocations incubation period Noun + noun Etymology From Latin incubātiō, from incubō (“to lie on”). Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # incubation **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnkjuˈbeɪʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 35120 ## Meanings 1. Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing. ## Examples - Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams. ## Derived Forms - coincubation - immunoincubation - incubational - microincubation - postincubation - preincubation - reincubation ## Related Forms - incubate - incubative - incubator ## Etymology From Latin incubātiō, from incubō (“to lie on”). ## Topics - Register & Style markdown