maternity
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3.7
- noun
- /məˈtɜrnɪti/
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maternidad
- The tableau of Mary with the child is a symbol of maternity.
- maternity leave
- maternity and child care
You've been on maternity leave for, I think four years.
- You've been on maternity leave for, I think four years.
- Universal childcare, like five years, maternity leave and paternity leave.
- They were way behind with maternity leave, with the child care.
- I think that the WNBA does have amazing like has a maternity leave policy.
- But you take her to the to the maternity, BAM, she sees that and some of the babies this still smell like sex in there.
Examples
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Maternity is a stressful time for any mother.
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Many women benefit from maternity leave to bond with their newborn children.
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And yet it's not standard in our country to have paid maternity leave to do it.
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When you coming back from maternity leave?
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My sister who lives in Berlin now got two years paid maternity leave.
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You've been on maternity leave for, I think four years.
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My employer phoned me in August to see how maternity leave was going.
Fiction book (1999) -
"The contract spells out the benefits I'm entitled to: the prenatal care, the maternity leave."
Fiction book (1995) -
Such pronatalist policies include family support allowances, free day care, mandatory maternity leave, and housing and job preferences.
Academic text (1998) -
"We view our maternity/paternity leave policies as integral components of successful work-life balance," Stapleton says.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.1
The time when a woman cares for and raises her child
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maternity comes from the Latin mater, 'mother', and it means the state of being a mother or the mother–child relationship, the same root you see in maternal. So maternity here means 'motherhood' or being someone's mother.