MORNING-AFTER PILL

Meaning of MORNING-AFTER PILL in English

( morning-after pills)

The morning-after pill is a pill that a woman can take some hours after having sex to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.

N-COUNT : usu the N in sing

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MORNING-AFTER PILL — noun Date: 1957 an oral drug usually containing high doses of estrogen taken up to usually three days after unprotected …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MORNING-AFTER PILL — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ - noun Etymology: so called from its being taken after rather than before intercourse : an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORNING-AFTER PILL — /mawr"ning af"teuhr, -ahf"-/ , Pharm. a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORNING-AFTER PILL — noun Date: 1957 : an oral drug usually containing high doses of estrogen taken up to usually three days after …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MORNING-AFTER PILL — Pronunciation: ˌ mo ̇ r-ni ŋ - ' af-t ə r- Function: noun Date: 1957 : an oral drug usually …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MORNING-AFTER PILL — ■ noun a contraceptive pill that is effective up to about seventy-two hours after sexual intercourse.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MORNING-AFTER PILL — [morn.ing-after pill] n [fr. its being taken after rather than before intercourse] (1966): an oral drug that interferes with pregnancy …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MORNING-AFTER PILL — noun a drug that a woman can take some hours after having sex in order to avoid becoming pregnant
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORNING-AFTER PILL — ˌmorning-ˈafter pill BrE AmE noun [countable] a drug that a woman can take a few hours after having sex to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MORNING-AFTER PILL — (~s) The ~ is a pill that a woman can take some hours after having sex to prevent herself from …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PILL — I. ˈpil noun ( -s ) Etymology: earlier pille, from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English pyll, alteration of pull …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORNING — I. ˈmȯrniŋ, ˈmȯ(ə)n-, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English morning, morwening, from morn, morwen + -ing (as in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AFTER — I. ˈaftə(r), ˈaa-, ˈai-, ˈȧ-, +V sometimes -ftr as in ˈaftrim for “after him” adverb Etymology: Middle English after, efter, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORNING — (a.) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; …
Английский словарь Webster
MORNING — ( a. ) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AFTER — ( prep. ) In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AFTER — ( prep. ) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PILL — pill 1 /pil/ , n. 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORNING — /mawr"ning/ , n. 1. the first part or period of the day, extending from dawn, or from midnight, to noon. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AFTER — /af"teuhr, ahf"-/ , prep. 1. behind in place or position; following behind: men lining up one after the other. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PILL — I. ˈpil verb Etymology: Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo-French piler to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AFTER — I. ˈaf-tər adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æfter; akin to Old High German aftar after, and probably to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PILL — noun the peel or skin. 2. pill ·vt to deprive of hair; to make bald. 3. pill ·vi to be …
Webster English vocab
MORNING — adj pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; …
Webster English vocab
AFTER — adj hinder; nearer the rear. 2. after ·prep below in rank; next to in order. 3. after ·prep behind in …
Webster English vocab
PILL — [pill] vb [ME pilen, pillen, partly fr. OE pilian to peel, partly fr. MF piller to plunder] vi (12c) dial …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AFTER — [af.ter] adv [ME, fr. OE aefter; akin to OHG aftar after, and prob. to OE of of] (bef. 12c): following …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MORNING — morning BrE AmE ˈmɔːn ɪŋ AmE ˈmɔːrn ɪŋ ▷ morning|s z ▶ ˈ morning coat BrE AmE ▶ ˈ morning …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PILL — / pɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small flat round piece of medicine …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORNING — / ˈmɔːnɪŋ; NAmE ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/ noun 1. the early part of the day from the time when people wake up until …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AFTER — / ˈɑːftə(r); NAmE ˈæf-/ preposition , conjunction , adverb , adjective ■ preposition 1. later than sth; following sth in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILL — I. pill 1 S3 /pɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: pilula , from pila …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MORNING — I. morn ‧ ing 1 S1 W1 /ˈmɔːnɪŋ $ ˈmɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AFTER — I. af ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈɑːftə $ ˈæftər/ BrE AmE preposition , conjunction , adverb [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PILL — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MORNING — n. & int. --n. 1 the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AFTER — prep., conj., adv., & adj. --prep. 1 a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PILL — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MORNING — n. & int. n. 1 the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AFTER — prep., conj., adv., & adj. prep. 1 a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PILL — n.1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) …
Oxford English vocab
MORNING — n. & int. --n. 1. the early part of the day, esp. from sunrise to noon (this morning; during the …
Oxford English vocab
AFTER — prep., conj., adv., & adj. --prep. 1. a following in time; later than (after six months; after midnight; day after …
Oxford English vocab
PILL — ( pills) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pills are small solid …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORNING — ( mornings) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The morning is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AFTER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AFTER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PILL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES morning-after pill pep pill poison pill sleeping pill COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bitter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORNING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fine day/morning/evening a free day/morning/half-hour etc ▪ I haven’t got a free day this …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AFTER — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES After much deliberation ▪ After much deliberation , first prize was awarded to Derek …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PILL — [noun] [C] - a small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows in one piece; a tableta sleeping pillMy …
Cambridge English vocab
PILL — PILL, or PEELE GARLICK. Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly …
Slang English vocab
MORNING — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: DAWN 1, aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, sunrise, sunup Contrasted Words: sundown, sunset …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AFTER — I. adverb so as to follow in time or space after, we turned toward home Synonyms: afterward, afterwhile, behind, by …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MORNING — noun 1. Synonyms: dawn 1, aurora, cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, daylight, light, morn, sunrise, sunup Contrasted words: sundown, sunset 2. the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILL — noun 1 medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ diet , sleeping , vitamin ▪ prescription ( esp. AmE ) … OF PILLS ▪ bottle …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MORNING — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ this , tomorrow , yesterday ▪ following , next ▪ previous ▪ Friday , Saturday , etc. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MORNING, — • ↑ morning, noon, and night
Longman Activator English vocab
AFTER — See ↑ AFTER 1,2,3,4,8, ↑ LATER 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be after • ↑ be/come after • ↑ come after …
Longman Activator English vocab
AFTER — INDEX: 1. after a particular time or event 2. after a particular period of time has passed 3. starting to …
Longman Activator English vocab
MORNING — n. 25B6; noun I've got a meeting this morning : BEFORE NOON, before lunch(time), a.m.; poetic/literary morn; Nautical & N. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AFTER — adj. 25B6; preposition he made a speech after the performance : FOLLOWING, subsequent to, at the close/end of, in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILL — n. 1 tablet, capsule, bolus, pellet, pilule; medicine, medication, medicament, drug, pharmaceutical, remedy, cure; cough drop, pastille, lozenge, troche Doctor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MORNING — n. 1 forenoon, a.m., dawn, daybreak, sunrise, Literary morn, Archaic cock crow, day-spring, morrow, Chiefly US sun-up The meeting will …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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