maternity
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3.4
- noun
- /məˈtɜrnɪti/
:
embarazo
- And one of the things that they put in the new CBA was that they get maternity leave, paid maternity leave.
- maternity leave
- maternity care
- maternity ward
And one of the things that they put in the new CBA was that they get maternity leave, paid maternity leave.
- And one of the things that they put in the new CBA was that they get maternity leave, paid maternity leave.
- So it's I, I haven't ever taken maternity leave from that, which I didn't really want to, to be honest.
- And I remember my first week back from maternity leave, I spent every lunch time in the toilets crying.
- But then I got pregnant and none of my clothes fit and I bought a bunch of kind of more basic maternity clothes and I felt my style shifting.
- Parental leave and paternity as well as maternity leave with fathers using up as much leave as mothers.
- I go in to my first day back at the law firm where I've been out on paid maternity leave to walk in the door and quit.
- And then when I was on maternity with Jackson, I was like, maybe I won't have to go back after this year of maternity.
- The best part of the public health has been always the maternity care, the Children's Health care and then the senior citizens health care.
- He takes the, he takes maternity leave during the biggest supply crisis in the world, you know, and he's, he is a supply guy.
- And when I was on maternity leave, I had such a mental health breakdown that I finally got clear that I could not go back to that job.
Examples
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One female capital partner returned from maternity leave and approached her firm about a flexible time arrangement.
Academic text (1993) -
Um, were you to get pregnant again... do you plan to take maternity leave?
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Your first job was working in a hospital on the maternity floor.
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The maternity leave ended four weeks ago.
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I picked up my first pair of maternity jeans.
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His wife now had a bed on the maternity ward, across the hall from labor and delivery.
Fiction book (1995) -
Women have the right to return to their jobs after maternity leave on a full-time or part-time basis.
Academic text (2012) -
Many women experience physical changes during maternity, making it a unique time in their lives.
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After taking maternity leave, she felt excited to return to her job and share her new experiences.
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Government policies often provide support for families during maternity, ensuring parents can bond with their newborns.
Synonyms
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1.3
The time when a person carries a growing baby before birth
15
5.5
The time a baby grows inside the mother's womb from the start to birth
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3.7
The time a baby grows inside its mother before birth
Compounds
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3.5
A hospital that cares for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn babies
A one-time payment from the UK government to help with baby costs for parents who meet certain rules
How Pregnant
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3.3
- Specialized
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3.5
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3.4
- Specialized
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3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maternity comes from the Latin root mater, which means 'mother'. So maternity can mean the time when a woman is becoming a mother, that is, pregnancy.