fertile phase
- noun
- /ˈfɜːrtəl feɪz/
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fase fértil
- It's essential to understand the signs of your fertile phase if you're trying to conceive.
Examples
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These results are consistent with other findings that women in their fertile phase rate masculine men as more attractive.
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During her fertile phase, she was more aware of her body and its signals.
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Women who are not in their fertile phase do not.
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Women in their fertile phase are also more likely than others to cheat on their partners, but only with men who are considered more physically attractive than the guy they are in a relationship with.
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Durante's previous research found that women's ovulation cycles also influence their shopping habits, buying sexier clothes during their most fertile phase.
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Many women track their cycles to identify the fertile phase for conception.
Synonyms
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Time in a woman's cycle when she is most likely to become pregnant
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the period when one is most likely to conceive' is directly and transparently composed from 'fertile' (able to produce offspring or conceive) + 'phase' (a distinct stage in a cycle). This adjective+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Fertile phase comes from the image of rich soil ready to grow. The word fertile means able to make life and phase means a short time, so fertile phase is the days when a woman is most likely 'to get pregnant'.