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# stillbirth

«stillbirth» in Mova's school dictionary: **when a baby has died before it is born, late in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a stillbirth, stillbirths)

### meaning for a pupil

A stillbirth is when a baby has died before it is born, late in the mother's pregnancy, so it is born not alive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A sad word used by doctors, in health lessons and in news and family talk; it tells the reader about loss and grief in a family. People often speak of it gently. Related: stillborn (adjective), miscarriage (when a baby is lost earlier in pregnancy).

### examples

- The family was very sad after the stillbirth of their baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x1)
- Doctors work hard to make stillbirths rarer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x2)
- Good care for mothers can help prevent stillbirth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x3)
- They planted a tree to remember the baby lost in a stillbirth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x4)
- A stillbirth is a very sad event for any family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x5)

### note

Countable: one stillbirth, several stillbirths. The adjective is «stillborn» (a stillborn baby). «Stillborn» can also describe a plan that fails before it starts (formal). A miscarriage happens earlier in pregnancy. This is a sad, serious word, so use it gently.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stillbirth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.