pregnancy

«pregnancy» in Mova's school dictionary: The time when a woman or a female animal has a baby… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pregnancy, pregnancies; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The time when a woman or a female animal has a baby growing inside her body. tree →

2) The state of being pregnant. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science lessons about life cycles and growing up, and in everyday family life (a new baby on the way). In humans, pregnancy lasts about nine months; in animals the time varies (a cat about two months, an elephant almost two years). Phrases: «during pregnancy», «a healthy pregnancy».

examples

• Mum was tired during her pregnancy. tree →
• A human pregnancy lasts about nine months. tree →
• An elephant's pregnancy lasts about 22 months. tree →
• Pregnant women go to the doctor for check-ups during pregnancy. tree →
• My aunt announced her pregnancy at dinner. tree →
• Smoking is harmful during pregnancy. tree →

note

Adjective «pregnant». Polite, neutral word; euphemisms include «expecting», «having a baby», «in the family way» (old). In maths: lengths of pregnancy are compared in months or weeks (9 months is about 40 weeks).

In the corpora

• Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.
• A midwife is a nurse trained to care for women and babies during pregnancy, birth and the first days after.
• A miscarriage is when a baby stops growing and dies early in pregnancy; it happens quite often and is nobody's fault.
• Twins are two babies from one pregnancy; identical twins come from one egg that split, so they look alike.
• Pregnancy has many soft and funny names, from the polite "expecting" to the joking "a bun in the oven".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pregnancy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.