noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition, or the degree, of being fertile. uncountable

   "Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil."

2. 2
   the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth wordnet
3. 3
   The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year. countable
4. 4
   the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring wordnet
5. 5
   The average number of births per woman within a population. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year wordnet

Synonyms

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fecundityfecundityrichnessabundanceacrasiaaffluence

Antonyms

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infertility

Example

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"Red is the color of love, passion, fertility and power."

Etymology

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.

Related phrases

fertility clinicfertility cultfertility drugfertility tourismself-fertilitysoil fertilitydemographic transitionsexual revolution

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