get pregnant

  • 1pregnant — adjective 1 having an unborn baby growing inside your body: On the same day I started the job I found out I was pregnant. | twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant: She went skiing when she was 7 months pregnant! | get pregnant: It came as a shock …

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  • 2pregnant — preg|nant [ pregnənt ] adjective ** 1. ) if a woman is pregnant, she has a baby developing inside her body: You should not smoke if you are pregnant. I was eight months pregnant at the time. get/become pregnant: She s been trying to get pregnant… …

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  • 3pregnant */*/ — UK [ˈpreɡnənt] / US adjective 1) if a woman is pregnant, she has a baby developing inside her body You should not smoke if you are pregnant. I was eight months pregnant at the time. get/become pregnant: She s been trying to get pregnant for a… …

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  • 4pregnant — preg|nant S3 [ˈpregnənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: praegnans, from praegnas, from prae ( PRE ) + gnatus born ] 1.) if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body →↑pregnancy ▪ medical care for …

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  • 5get someone into trouble — old fashioned phrase to make a woman who is not married pregnant Thesaurus: conception and making someone pregnanthyponym Main entry: trouble …

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  • 6get somebody into trouble — get sb into ˈtrouble idiom (old fashioned) to make a woman who is not married pregnant Main entry: ↑troubleidiom …

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  • 7pregnant — 01. My wife is [pregnant], and we are expecting the baby in May. 02. My [pregnancy] was pretty easy; I didn t really get sick, though I did get pretty tired at times. 03. Our cat is [pregnant] again, and she just had kittens about four months ago …

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  • 8pregnant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ When I found out I was pregnant, I didn t know what to do. ▪ become, fall, get ▪ get sb …

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  • 9get — [c]/gɛt / (say get) verb (got, got or, Chiefly US, gotten, Archaic, gat, getting) –verb (t) 1. to obtain, gain, or acquire by any means: to get favour by service; get a good price. 2. to fetch or bring: I w …

  • 10get — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into the possession of; receive or earn (get a job; got pound200 a week; got first prize). 2 tr. fetch, obtain, procure, purchase (get my book for me; got a new …

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