gestation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
noun the conception and development of an idea or plan

Learned borrowing from Latin gestātiō.

This is the gestation of the nineteenth century. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
In all, the novel had a difficult gestation. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
‘Ideas in gestation are the dullest matter you can have.’ ‘There I quite agree with you,’ said Fleetwood. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith

gestation period

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