expectant
[ ik-spek-tuh nt ]
/ ɪkˈspɛk tənt /
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.
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expectant
/ (ɪkˈspɛktənt) /
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
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expectantly, adverbMedical definitions for expectant
expectant
[ ĭk-spĕk′tənt ]
adj.
Pregnant.