Showing results for conception rate. Search instead for consumption consecrate.

conception rate

British

noun

vet science the success rate of artificial insemination in agricultural animals, usually expressed as a percentage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In the UK, the birth rate has gone down more quickly than the conception rate, as a higher proportion of those who are pregnant are choosing to have an abortion than in previous years.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2014

Egan points out that from 1998 to 2008, the teenage conception rate in the UK fell by 13.3% for under-18s and by 11.7% for under-16s.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2013

This was due largely to a 1999 government plan aiming to halve England's under 18 conception rate by 2010.

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2013

Those of you who still think the same, consider this: Among fertile women who have regular intercourse without birth control, the conception rate approaches 100 percent within two years.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2012

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023