expectant
Use Expectant in a sentence
tənt adjective
1.
2.
pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother.
3.
characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude.
4.
noun
5.
a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
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expectant (ɪkˈspɛktənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | expecting, anticipating, or hopeful: an expectant glance |
| 2. | having expectations, esp of possession of something or prosperity |
| 3. | pregnant: an expectant mother |
| —n | |
| 4. | a person who expects something |
| 5. | obsolete a candidate for office, esp for ecclesiastical preferment |
| ex'pectantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
expectant
late 14c., from O.Fr. expectant or directly from L. expectantem (nom. expectans), prp. of expectare (see expect). Related: Expectantly.
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Medical Dictionary
expectant ex·pec·tant (ĭk-spěk'tənt)
adj.
Pregnant.
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Example sentences
At the same time, many expectant mothers are perplexed by the toxins conundrum.
He stands and begins pacing, as the other expectant fathers do.
We struggle with how difficult it is to feel needy and expectant.
The mood was expectant, spirits generally high, though not without a dampening note of ambivalence.
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