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gestations

gestations is the plural of gestation.

Meaning of gestation

Noun

gestation (countable and uncountable, plural gestations)

  1. The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
  2. 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.1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 149

Phrases with gestations

Questions about gestations

What is gestations the plural of?
Gestations is the plural of gestation.

Words near gestations in the dictionary

  1. gestational father
  2. gestational fathers
  3. gestational sac
  4. gestational sacs
  5. gestationally
  6. gestations
  7. gestative
  8. gestator
  9. gestatorial
  10. gestatorial chair
  11. gestatorial chairs

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