pregnancy

noun

/ˈpreɡnənsi/

[uncountable, countable]

(plural pregnancies)

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the state of being pregnant
- a pregnancy test
- during pregnancy Many women experience sickness during pregnancy.
- unplanned/unwanted pregnancies
- the increase in teenage pregnancies
see also ectopic pregnancy
Collocations Children
ChildrenHaving a baby/child
- want a baby/a child/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
- adopt a baby/child/kid
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Extra Examples
- Here's what can happen as your pregnancy progresses.
- I tried hard to hide my pregnancy.
- Lower blood pressure is common in early pregnancy.
- She had a difficult pregnancy with her first child.
- The doctor confirmed my pregnancy and told me to come back at 12 weeks.
- They took no precautions to avoid pregnancy.
- emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy
- the right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy
- twins or other multiple pregnancies
Topics Life stagesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- early
- late
- full-term
- …
verb + pregnancy
- have
- avoid
- prevent
- …
pregnancy + verb
- progress
- go to full term
- go to term
- …
pregnancy + noun
- test
- rate
- complications
- …
preposition
- during (a/the) pregnancy
- in (a/the) pregnancy
- throughout (a/the) pregnancy
- …
phrases
- carry a pregnancy to term
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单词	pregnancy
释义	pregnancy noun /ˈpreɡnənsi/ /ˈpreɡnənsi/ [uncountable, countable] (plural pregnancies) jump to other results the state of being pregnant a pregnancy test during pregnancy Many women experience sickness during pregnancy. unplanned/unwanted pregnancies the increase in teenage pregnancies see also ectopic pregnancy Collocations ChildrenChildrenHaving a baby/child want a baby/a child/kids start a family conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child miss your period become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor have/suffer/cause a miscarriage give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins Parenting bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave go back/return to work after maternity leave need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life educate/teach/home-school a child/kid punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid adopt a baby/child/kid offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption (especially British English) foster a child/kid be placed with/be raised by foster parents Extra Examples Here's what can happen as your pregnancy progresses. I tried hard to hide my pregnancy. Lower blood pressure is common in early pregnancy. She had a difficult pregnancy with her first child. The doctor confirmed my pregnancy and told me to come back at 12 weeks. They took no precautions to avoid pregnancy. emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy the right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy twins or other multiple pregnancies Topics Life stagesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective early late full-term … verb + pregnancy have avoid prevent … pregnancy + verb progress go to full term go to term … pregnancy + noun test rate complications … preposition during (a/the) pregnancy in (a/the) pregnancy throughout (a/the) pregnancy … phrases carry a pregnancy to term See full entry
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