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Childbearing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The human act or process of giving birth; parturition.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition

adj. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition.

Bearing or producing children.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or suitable for childbirth

n. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

Word Usage

"The only way "society" can eliminate delays in childbearing is to cause delays in the re-election of our representatives in Washington who oppose eliminating them."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

giving birth birth parturition birthing

Hyponym

natural childbirth active birth alternative birthing alternative birth

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

parturition

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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