EXPECTANT - 12 definitions found
expectant adj 1: marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn: anticipant, anticipative, expectant] 2: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)}] expectant exceptant Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) expectant I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. characterized by expectation 2. expecting the birth of a child <expectant mothers> • expectantly adverb II. noun Date: 1609 one who is looking forward to something Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary expectant 1. If someone is expectant, they are excited because they think something interesting is about to happen. An expectant crowd gathered... She turned to me with an expectant look on her face. ADJ • expectantly The others waited, looking at him expectantly. ADV: ADV after v 2. An expectant mother or father is someone whose baby is going to be born soon. ADJ: ADJ n English Explanatory Dictionary expectant ɪksˈpektənt adj. & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) expecting. 2 having the expectation of possession, status, etc. 3 expecting a baby (said of the mother or father). --n. 1 one who expects. 2 a candidate for office etc. øøexpectantly adv. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms expectant a. Waiting, looking for, looking forward to. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) expectant ɪksˈpektənt adj. expecting, (a)waiting, ready, eager, apprehensive, anxious, with bated breath, hopeful, looking, watchful, anticipating: The understudy waited, expectant, in the wings. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 55 Moby Thesaurus words for "expectant": agape, agog, alert, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxious, apprehensive, aspiring, assured, atiptoe, awaiting, big, certain, confident, eager, expecting, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope, gaping, gone, gravid, heavy, hopeful, hoping, in anticipation, in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, looking, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope, open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, parturient, prepared, ready, sanguine, sure, undespairing, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for, watchful, watching for, with bated breath |
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