expecting en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/
- (US) audio
- /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.
When is the new couple expecting?
The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare.
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Expectant.
Dunscomb was in the sanctum, while a single clerk and three or four clients, countryment of decent exterior and very expecting countenances, occupied the outer room .
1850, James Fenimore Cooper, The Ways of the Hour:"Hello!?!" she said in a very expecting tone.
2012, K. C. Williams, The All In Alchemist:Parma, unwilling to fight an action which might force France into the field, raised the siege; and Alençon, having strengthened the garrison, thrown in supplies, saved his credit with the Low Countries, and at all events, compromised himself, fell back into his expecting attitude, waiting for Elizabeth to reward him .
1862, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of the Spanish Armada, page 419:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most expecting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more expecting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
expectingness · expectingly · unexpecting
Synonyms
in the family way · in a delicate situation · enceinte · pregnant
Translations (17)
de schwanger (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de der Hoffnung (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · mi āhua (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · fi odottava (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · fi raskaana oleva (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de in anderen Umständen (sein) (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de in der Hoffnung (sein) (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de erwartend (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de in Erwartung (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de in guter Hoffnung (sein) (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · mi hapū (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · ak nyem (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de werdende (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de in Hoffnung (sein) (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de trächtig (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · de in gesegneten Umständen (sein) (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant) · nl in verwachting (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant)