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# stillbirth

noun (a stillbirth, stillbirths)

«stillbirth» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#m1)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x1)
- Doctors work hard to make stillbirths rarer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x2)
- Good care for mothers can help prevent stillbirth. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/#x4)
- A stillbirth is a very sad event for any family. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stillbirth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stillbirth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stillbirth.html) on Mova free.