gestation
/dʒɛˈsteɪʃən/
noun
- The process of carrying or developing something inside the body before birth; pregnancy.
- During gestation, the mother needs extra nutrients to support the growing fetus.
- The gestation of a human baby usually lasts about nine months.
- Elephants have the longest gestation of any land animal, lasting nearly two years.
- The period of time during which an idea, plan, or project develops before it is ready to be presented or put into action.
- The new policy had a gestation of several years before it was finally announced.
- The novel was the result of a long gestation in the author's mind.
- Good inventions often require a period of gestation before they become successful.
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