birth control
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2.5
- noun
- /bɜrθ kənˈtroʊl/
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anticoncepción
- She decided to use birth control to manage the timing of her future children.
- birth control methods
- birth control pills
- use birth control
Here's the OK birth control that prevents conception.
- Here's the OK birth control that prevents conception.
- I personally am not on birth control as of June of this year.
- So let's use a woman on birth control for decades.
- This notion that women use abortion as birth control is a conspiracy theory.
- It's one of, it's one of the reasons that that birth control is prescribed.
- Men are making choices for US woman about birth control, abortion, healthcare, everything.
- So there are several reasons why birth control is so dangerous used long term.
- Hey, so you know, I've recently gotten back into birth control.
- Yo, no condom and no birth control on me.
- So we're going to hack the genes and use birth control.
- I, I, I do not believe in hormonal birth control.
- And then the weird thing is, oops, sorry, that's my birth control alarm.
- You sent me with a suitcase full of birth control.
Examples
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In the early 1960s, the birth control pill became widely available.
Academic text (1999) -
The truth is that while we have not put a seal on the concept of having another child... my husband and I practice birth control.
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I said my girl got on birth control the other day.
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I got a box of birth control and I can give it to you.
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So there are several reasons why birth control is so dangerous used long term.
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What if we give them birth control?
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I personally am not on birth control as of June of this year.
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Teen mothers who were currently using birth control had higher self-esteem compared to those who were not.
Academic text (1997) -
Well, by making birth control freely accessible, thousands and thousands of abortions aren't required.
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By 1983, there were 21,000 birth control clinics targeting African women, which offered only contraceptive devices.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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4.4
Methods and devices that prevent pregnancy when people have sex
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3.2
To choose how many children to have and when, usually using birth control
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4.4
Something used to stop a woman from becoming pregnant, like a pill or condom
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3.5
Actions to limit the number of children people have, often using birth control
How Effective
- Specialized
22
4.9
139
2.5
- Specialized
9
4.1
786
1.0
- NSFW
442
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'preventing pregnancy' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'birth' (the occurrence of a baby being born) with 'control' (the act of regulating or managing) — i.e., controlling births. This compositional reading is straightforward, common cross-linguistically, and should be accessible to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Birth control comes from the simple idea of putting birth and control together — literally controlling when or whether a birth happens. That's why the term means the methods people use 'to prevent pregnancy' or 'to plan a family'.