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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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Medical Dictionary

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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