expectant

[ ik-spek-tuh nt ]
/ ɪkˈspɛk tənt /
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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.

Origin of expectant

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin expectant- (stem of expectāns), present participle of expectāre to expect; see -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM expectant

Words nearby expectant

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Words related to expectantly

willingly, cordially, vigorously, sincerely, promptly, intently, zealously, heartily, gladly, earnestly, energetically, readily, breathlessly, actively, hungrily, impatiently, enthusiastically, ardently, fervently, longingly

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British Dictionary definitions for expectantly

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

Derived forms of expectant

expectantly, adverb

Medical definitions for expectantly

expectant
[ ĭk-spĕk′tənt ]

adj.

Pregnant.