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expectant
[ ik-spek-tuhnt ]
adjective
- having expectations; expecting:
an excited, expectant audience.
- pregnant; expecting:
an expectant mother.
- characterized by expectations:
an expectant attitude.
- in expectation; expected; prospective:
an expectant fortune.
noun
- a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
expectant
/ ɪˈɛəԳ /
adjective
- expecting, anticipating, or hopeful
an expectant glance
- having expectations, esp of possession of something or prosperity
- pregnant
an expectant mother
noun
- a person who expects something
- obsolete.a candidate for office, esp for ecclesiastical preferment
Derived Forms
- ˈٲԳٱ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·aԳ· adverb
- -·aԳ adjective
- half-·aԳ· adverb
- ԴDze·aԳ adjective
- non·aԳ· adverb
- v··aԳ adjective
- over··aԳ· adverb
- e·aԳ noun
- ܲȴ-·aԳ adjective
- quasi-·aԳ· adverb
- ܲe·aԳ adjective
- un·aԳ· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of expectant1
Example Sentences
“It was a great birthday,” said Hatch-Miller, 43, who often advises expectant friends to take their babies into the greater world sooner than later.
New and expectant fathers should have the same protections from redundancy as mothers, a Labour MP has said.
"It's a miracle, and speaking in front of this expectant audience is very hard for us," Molayemi said in his acceptance speech.
Couples are given specialist advice at their GP; at pregnancy classes, information is shared with expectant mothers.
Of the babies' families, the judge added: "They placed their trust in a system meant to protect expectant mothers and keep babies safe - and that trust was broken."
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