childbearing
15
3.4
- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛrɪŋ/
:
maternidad
- Women who were pregnant, nursing, or of childbearing potential were excluded.
- childbearing intentions
- childbearing age
- delay childbearing
So marriage and childbearing have both fallen to historic lows in the United States.
- So marriage and childbearing have both fallen to historic lows in the United States.
- How much more tied explicitly their futures were to the process that was called marriage and childbearing.
- So educating both boys and girls gives them options that are alternatives to childbearing.
- We continue to love people that have already died, and if love exists to encourage childbearing and child rearing, why would we love people after they're dead?
- It's the fact that women still tend to take more responsibility for childbearing and drop out of school, drop out of drop out of work.
Examples
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So the number of childbearing women is increasing tremendously.
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Our findings are at the upper range of childbearing intentions for HIV-positive women reported from other settings.
Academic text (2011) -
But it means that childbearing is not the only route to status, the only asset that a woman can have for herself.
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It's the fact that women still tend to take more responsibility for childbearing and drop out of school, drop out of drop out of work.
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I am in good health and capable of childbearing.
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So marriage and childbearing have both fallen to historic lows in the United States.
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In recent years, the largest increases in nonmarital childbearing have occurred among relatively older women.
Academic text (1991) -
Her title honors her for her success in childbearing, in bringing forth the reigning Oba.
Academic text (1993) -
The stigma against childbearing among people living with HIV persists among the general public and medical providers today.
Academic text (2013) -
Many women feel that childbearing is an important part of their lives.
Synonyms
82
2.3
The time when a woman has a baby
80
3.0
Giving birth to a baby
53
1.9
To have a baby when it comes out of the mother's body
34
3.3
The act of giving birth to a baby
3
8.1
The act of giving birth to a baby
1
9.9
The time when a baby is born
The act of a person giving birth to a baby
The time when a person or animal gives birth
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Childbearing comes from child plus bearing, from bear meaning 'to carry' and 'to give birth'. So childbearing means the act or time of carrying and giving birth to children, or the process of having babies.