near-term

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English

Adjective

near-term (comparative more near-term, superlative most near-term)

  1. short-term
  2. (of a pregnant person or animal) Almost at the end of the gestation period.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 65:
      Bodies of the 10-kilogram creatures have been found complete with near-term foetuses, and the contents of their last meal (berries and leaves) in their stomachs.