rooming-in

room·ing-in

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [room, roo m in]
- /rum, rʊm ɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [room, roo m in]
- /rum, rʊm ɪn/

Definitions of rooming-in word

noun rooming-in an arrangement in some hospitals that enables postpartum mothers to keep their babies with them in their rooms rather than in a separate nursery. 1
noun rooming-in the practice of allowing a mother to keep her baby alongside her in a maternity ward 0

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Origin of rooming-in

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Rooming-in

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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rooming-in popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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