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妊娠 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conceive verb To become pregnant.
  • conception noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  • pregnancy noun The condition of carrying a developing baby inside the body, from conception to birth.
  • pregnant adjective Carrying a developing baby inside the body; expecting a child.

Senses

妊娠 is used for these senses in English:

  • Nintendrone (slang, derogatory, video games) A slavish supporter of Nintendo's video games or consoles; a Nintendo fanboy
  • conceive (ambitransitive) To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
  • conception The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
  • fall pregnant (intransitive, formal, or, literary) To become pregnant.
  • gravid (of egglaying animals, now, chiefly, metaphorically) Pregnant.
  • pregnancy The period of time this condition prevails.
  • pregnant (mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

conceive — full definition

  1. verb To become pregnant.
  2. verb To form an idea or plan in one's mind; to imagine or devise.

conception — full definition

  1. noun The moment an egg is fertilized, marking the start of a pregnancy.
  2. noun An idea, plan, or mental image of how something works or should be.

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