"contraception" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: contraceptions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} contraception (usually uncountable, plural contraceptions)
  1. The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Birth control, Sex Derived forms: contracept Related terms: contraceptive Translations (use of a device or procedure): предпазване (predpazvane) (alt: от забременяване) [neuter] (Bulgarian), contracepció [feminine] (Catalan), 避孕 (bìyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), antikoncepce [feminine] (Czech), prævention [common-gender] (Danish), anticonceptie [feminine] (Dutch), kontraŭkoncipo (Esperanto), rasestuse vältimine (Estonian), fyribyrging [feminine] (Faroese), ehkäisy (Finnish), syntyvyyden säännöstely (Finnish), contraception [feminine] (French), Empfängnisverhütung [feminine] (German), Kontrazeption [feminine] (German), Verhütung [feminine] (German), αντισύλληψη (antisýllipsi) [feminine] (Greek), fogamzásgátlás (Hungarian), contraccezione [feminine] (Italian), 避妊 (hinin) (alt: ひにん) (Japanese), контрацепция (kontrasepsiä) (Kazakh), контрацепция (kontratseptsiya) (Kyrgyz), contraconceptio [feminine] (Latin), contraception [feminine] (Norman), prevensjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), prevensjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), antykoncepcja [feminine] (Polish), contraceção [feminine] (Portuguese), контраце́пция (kontracépcija) [feminine] (Russian), anticoncepción [feminine] (Spanish), labanlihi (Tagalog), agaw-lihi (Tagalog), امتناعِ حمل (imtinā-e-hamal) (Urdu), ضبطِ تولید (zabt-e-taulīd) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-contraception-en-noun-6z41VTec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Hyponyms: vasectomy, tube tying, condoms, birth-control pill, the pill, v-ring, contraceptive patch, contraceptive implant, IUD, diaphragm, withdrawal

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "от забременяване",
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          "roman": "predpazvane",
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          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "kontraŭkoncipo"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "rasestuse vältimine"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fyribyrging"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "ehkäisy"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "syntyvyyden säännöstely"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "Empfängnisverhütung"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antisýllipsi",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αντισύλληψη"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "fogamzásgátlás"
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          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "word": "контрацепция"
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          "roman": "kontratseptsiya",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "контрацепция"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "antykoncepcja"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contraceção"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "контраце́пция"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "anticoncepción"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "labanlihi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "agaw-lihi"
        },
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "imtinā-e-hamal",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "امتناعِ حمل"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "zabt-e-taulīd",
          "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
          "word": "ضبطِ تولید"
        }
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      "word": "birth-control pill"
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    {
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      "alt": "от забременяване",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contracepció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìyùn",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "避孕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "antikoncepce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "prævention"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anticonceptie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "kontraŭkoncipo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "rasestuse vältimine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fyribyrging"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "ehkäisy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "syntyvyyden säännöstely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contraception"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Empfängnisverhütung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kontrazeption"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verhütung"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "αντισύλληψη"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "fogamzásgátlás"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "contraccezione"
    },
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      "alt": "ひにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinin",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "避妊"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kontrasepsiä",
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      "word": "контрацепция"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "контрацепция"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
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      "word": "contraception"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "prevensjon"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "prevensjon"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "antykoncepcja"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contraceção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontracépcija",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "контраце́пция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anticoncepción"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "labanlihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "agaw-lihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "imtinā-e-hamal",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "امتناعِ حمل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zabt-e-taulīd",
      "sense": "use of a device or procedure",
      "word": "ضبطِ تولید"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contraception"
}

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