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to ovulate

to ovulate

18 7.2
To release an egg inside the body of a woman or female animal
  • verb
  • /ˈoʊvjʊleɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ovular
  • You can roughly calculate when you ovulate by using an ovulation calendar, like the one on our site.
  • a woman ovulates
  • ovaries ovulate
  • ovulate regularly

And then one of them is basically selected to ovulate at random, at random.

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Examples

  • Many women only ovulate once a month, making it a critical time for conception.

  • Twice in those years, my wife and I made love when we knew she was ovulating.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • We want to talk about the increased rates of skin cancer... ...women who fail to ovulate.

  • Like there are things where you can just take medication to help you ovulate and then you can go home and try naturally.

  • "Well, you may need to take a drug to help you ovulate in order to conceive.

    Blog text (8)
  • I do ovulate on my own, and I did conceive my first son, James, completely naturally.

  • Women need 17% body fat to ovulate (which is somewhat necessary for having children).

    Blog text (23)
  • We know that people who have PCOS tend to ovulate less frequently, so you have less opportunities per year to get pregnant.

  • And even if you're ovulating, it can still take a while to get pregnant.

    Blog text (7)
  • You want to inseminate right around the time that the follicle's going to be dropping and ready to ovulate.

Surface Forms

ovulate infinitive
ovulated past
ovulated past participle
ovulating present participle
ovulates third person singular

Morphology

ovulate = ovule (transparent) = ovule + ate

The verb is formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ate' to 'ovule'; a learner who knows 'ovule' can derive 'to produce or release an ovule/egg'.

Etymology

Ovulate comes from the Latin word ovum, which means 'egg', and it shares the same root as ovary, the place where eggs grow. So, to ovulate is to produce and release an egg from the ovary.