maternity
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
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Sense 2 noun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
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Sense 3 noun
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | have a bun in the oven |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pregnant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gestational |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | fetal movement |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | amniocentesis |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | stretch mark |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | endometrium |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | phlebothrombosis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | segmentation |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quickening |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | travail |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | morning sickness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical condition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravidity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gravida |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ectopic pregnancy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | entopic pregnancy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | placenta previa |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mother |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | family relationship |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | maternal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | maternal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | maternalistic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | motherly |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | parental quality |