LEARNit Dictionary
gestation
noun
/dʒeˈsteɪʃn/
UK
/dʒeˈsteɪʃn/
US
1
the time that the young of a person or an animal develops inside its mother’s body until it is born; the process of developing inside the mother’s body
بارداری, مدت بارداری, طول بارداری, دوره بارداری, آبستنی, حاملگی
2
the process by which an idea or a plan develops
تکوین, پرورش, تکوین ایده, پرورش ایده
His book was nearly twenty years in gestation.
synonym
development