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ex·pect·ant
/
ɪkˈspɛk
tənt
/
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[
ik-
spek
-t
uh
nt
]
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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
.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin
expectant-
(stem of
expectāns
), present participle of
expectāre
to
expect
; see
-ant
Related forms
ex·pect·ant·ly,
adverb
half-ex·pect·ant,
adjective
half-ex·pect·ant·ly,
adverb
non·ex·pect·ant,
adjective
non·ex·pect·ant·ly,
adverb
o·ver·ex·pect·ant,
adjective
o·ver·ex·pect·ant·ly,
adverb
pre·ex·pect·ant,
noun
qua·si-ex·pect·ant,
adjective
qua·si-ex·pect·ant·ly,
adverb
un·ex·pect·ant,
adjective
un·ex·pect·ant·ly,
adverb
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World English Dictionary
expectant
(ɪkˈspɛktənt)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
expectant
ex·pec·tant (ĭk-spěk'tənt)
adj.
Pregnant.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
He gives a short speech from the stage and the audience pauses,
expectant
.
There were four younger siblings viewing him with grieving and
expectant
eyes.
The swimmer lifts his towel to gain time, wondering about the strange,
expectant
trio that watches him.
And the mood remains constant: silent, intimate,
expectant
.
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