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Period of high birthrate
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baby boom
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A baby boom is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate . This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds. People born during such a period are often called baby boomers ; however, some experts distinguish between ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n : the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II [syn: baby-boom generation ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context singulare tantum English) The increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II. 2 Any similar increase in the birth rate.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But as the baby boom generation retires, the fund faces the possibility of depletion by 2030. ▪ Fifty years ago, the United States first met the postwar baby boom without enough pediatricians, schools, jobs or housing. ▪ In the ...
Usage examples of baby boom.
Stripped of costume-drama accoutrements, she's a twenty-first-century adult, born or decanted after the millennial baby boom.
I'm sorry I'm such an asshole, sorry I was such a bad husband, lousy father, shitty lawyer, mean middle-aged baby boom critter who sneers at street people and doesn't recycle.
He had read in the daily press of the postwar baby boom, of the growth of the suburbs, the expansion of American industry beyond the confines of the old cities.
By now, almost every female of child-bearing age, including the Deski and Rugarians, was expecting - which meant that Retreat Bay would have a baby boom of 2,103 new souls.