how to pronounce gestation

/dʒɛsˈtɛɪʃən/

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gestation is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of gestation in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… animal but the actual gestation and and …”

meanings of gestation

noun:

The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
The process of development of a plan or idea.

gestation frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gestation occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gestation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gestation can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;