family planning
1family planning — contradicts deep rooted ideals among the Chinese, especially those in the countryside, who believe in large families and many sons. The concept of family planning was first advocated by some intellectuals after 1953, when the first census under… …
2family planning — n [U] the practice of controlling the number of children that are born by using ↑contraception ▪ a family planning clinic …
3family planning — noun uncount the practice of controlling the number of children that you have by using CONTRACEPTIVES (=drugs, objects, or methods that stop a woman from becoming pregnant): a family planning clinic …
4family planning — plan iŋ n planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one s children through effective methods of birth control * * * 1. the use of contraception to limit or space out the numbers of children born to a couple. 2. provision of… …
5family planning — ► NOUN ▪ the control of the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births by means of contraception …
6family planning — n. the regulation, as by birth control methods, of the number, spacing, etc. of children that a family will have …
7Family planning — [http://www.who.int/topics/family planning/en/ WHO | Family planning ] ] . Family planning is sometimes used as a synonym for the use of birth control, though it often includes more.It is most usually applied to the circumstance of a monogamous… …
8family planning — noun limiting the number of children born (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑birth control, ↑birth prevention • Hypernyms: ↑planning • Hyponyms: ↑coitus interruptus, ↑ …
9family planning — 1. the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, esp. for economic reasons. 2. (loosely) birth control. [1935 40] * * * Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of… …
10family planning — N UNCOUNT: oft N n Family planning is the practice of using contraception to control the number of children you have. ...a family planning clinic …
