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fertility
[fer-til-i-tee]
noun
the state or quality of being fertile.
Biology.the ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction.
the amazing fertility of rabbits.
the birthrate of a population.
(of soil) the capacity to supply nutrients in proper amounts for plant growth when other factors are favorable.
fertility
/ ɜːˈɪɪɪ /
noun
the ability to produce offspring, esp abundantly
the state or quality of being fertile
Other Word Forms
- nonfertility noun
- overfertility noun
- prefertility noun
- unfertility noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fertility1
Example Sentences
Players who undergo fertility treatment will be able to use their special ranking to enter up to three tournaments within 10 weeks of their return.
"Calling this a crisis, saying it's real. That's a shift I think," says demographer Anna Rotkirch, who has researched fertility intentions in Europe and advises the Finnish government on population policy.
Attacks continued in May with the apparent car bombing of a fertility clinic in California.
He is unable to provide an exact date or time and bases this estimate on the last time a member of staff saw the fertility centre operational.
In 2024, the country's fertility rate, or the average number of babies a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, was at 0.75.
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