Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.

  2. (broadly, intransitive)To develop an idea.

    have the idea for

Examples

1 sentences

  1. My dad, who is a virgin, had me in a test tube gestating for 9 months.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

Back-formation from gestation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Back-formation from gestation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

gestates, gestating, gestated, gestated
Base formgestate · to gestate
3rd person singulargestates
Present participlegestating
Past simplegestated
Past participlegestated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygestate
he, she, itgestates

Past simpleLesson

all personsgestated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gestated
he, she, ithas gestated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gestate

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgestation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gerontocracygerundgestationgesticulategestureB1

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