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ex⋅pect⋅ant

  [ik-spek-tuhnt]
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–adjective
1. having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
2. pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother.
3. characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude.
4. in expectation; expected; prospective: an expectant fortune.
–noun
5. a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L expectant- (s. of expectāns), prp. of expectāre to expect; see -ant

Related forms:
ex⋅pect⋅ant⋅ly, adverb
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ex·pec·tant   (ĭk-spěk'tənt)   
adj.  
  1. Having or marked by expectation: an expectant look; an expectant hush.
  2. Pregnant: expectant mothers.
ex·pec'tant n., ex·pec'tant·ly adv.
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Expectant

Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L. expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.

Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

Expectant

Ex*pect"ant\, n. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.

An expectant of future glory. --South.

Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.
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Language Translation for : expectant
Spanish: expectante,
German: erwartungsvoll,
Japanese: 期待している
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Main Entry: ex·pec·tant
Pronunciation: -t&nt
Function: adjective
: expecting the birth of a child <expectant mothers>
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expectant ex·pec·tant (ĭk-spěk'tənt)
adj.
Pregnant.

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