Bears are known for their predictive dormancy.
Source: tatoeba (8785369)
Dormancy
//ˈdɔː.mən.si//
Synonyms for "dormancy" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
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7 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
8 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 休止 noun (state of being dormant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 休止 noun (state of being dormant)
Finnish
2 entries- lepotila noun (state of being dormant)
- uneliaisuus noun (state of being dormant)
French
1 entries- dormance noun (state of being dormant)
German
1 entries- Dormanz noun (state of being dormant)
Indonesian
1 entries- dormansi noun (state of being dormant)
Italian
1 entries- quiescenza noun (state of being dormant)
Japanese
3 entries- 休止 noun (state of being dormant)
- 休眠 noun (state of being dormant)
- 睡眠 noun (state of being dormant)
Portuguese
1 entries- dormência noun (state of being dormant)
Russian
1 entries- спя́чка noun (state of being dormant)
Spanish
1 entries- dormancia noun (state of being dormant)
Swedish
1 entries- dvala noun (state of being dormant)
Turkish
2 entries- dormansi noun (state of being dormant)
- uyku hali noun (state of being dormant)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Cosmic radiation during a solar minimum can reactivate viruses from their dormancy.
Source: tatoeba (10891681)
[N]ow the big Thanksgiving dinner which they had eaten was beginning to work upon them a spell of dormancy.
Source: wiktionary
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