pregnancies
- 1Plural of pregnancy.
Multiple pregnancies, such as twins or triplets, carry higher risks for the mother.
Her two previous pregnancies had each lasted close to forty weeks.
Note
A plural that counts only what can be counted: separate instances of being pregnant, or the stretches of time each one lasts. Pregnancy as a process, the progression of stages from conception to birth, is not counted, so it takes no plural: one speaks of the stages of pregnancy, not of pregnancies. The spelling follows the usual rule after a consonant, with -y becoming -ies.
pregnancies is a form of pregnancy
pregnancy, noun: The condition of carrying a developing offspring in the womb, or a single occurrence of that condition. Full entry
- Forms
- pregnancypregnancies plural
- Spelling
- pregnancy → pregnancies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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