gestate

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gestate

The scientist gestates a new idea for a renewable energy project.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To carry a developing fetus within the uterus during pregnancy: This is the biological meaning of the word, referring to the process of pregnancy.
    • To form and develop (an idea, plan, or concept) in the mind over time: This figurative meaning describes the process of thinking about and developing something abstract, such as a thought or project, before it is fully realized or expressed.
Examples of Usage

  • Verb (Biological):

    • The female elephant will gestate her calf for nearly two years.
    • Humans gestate for approximately nine months.

  • Verb (Figurative):

    • The author gestated the novel's complex plot for a decade before writing the first page.
    • He needed a few quiet weeks to gestate his ideas for the new business strategy.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be gestating": can describe the ongoing process of either pregnancy or mental development.
    • The project is still gestating; we're not ready to present it yet.
  • The figurative use often implies a period of quiet, internal development before a public revelation or creation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Gestation (n): The process or period of gestating.
    • The gestation period for a horse is about 11 months.
    • The long gestation of his philosophical theory.
  • Gestational (adj): Relating to gestation.
    • Gestational diabetes.
Synonyms
  • Carry (v): To be pregnant with (biological).
  • Conceive (v): To form or devise a plan or idea in the mind (figurative); also can mean to become pregnant.
  • Develop (v): To grow or cause to grow (applicable to both meanings).
  • Incubate (v): To maintain under conditions favorable for development (often used figuratively for ideas).
  • Mull over (v): To think deeply about something for a period of time (figurative).
Related Phrases
  • In gestation: In the process of being developed.
    • Several new policies are currently in gestation.
gestate

The scientist gestates a new idea for a renewable energy project.

Verb
  1. be pregnant with
    • She is bearing his child
    • The are expecting another child in January
    • I am carrying his child
  2. have the idea for
    • He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
    • This library was well conceived

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