expectant
AdjectiveUS[ik-spek-tuhnt]/ɪkˈspɛktənt/3 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- marked by eager anticipation“an expectant hush”Synonyms: anticipantanticipativeOpposite hopelessSimilar hopeful
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy“was big with child”“was great with child”Synonyms: bigenceintegravidgreatlargeheavywith childOpposite nonpregnantSimilar pregnant
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ex·pect′ant adjective
Origin: L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.
Waiting in expectation; looking for; Medicine waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
Expectant estate Law, an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.
Ex·pect′ant noun
One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
An expectant of future glory.— Robert South
Those who had employments, or were expectants.— Jonathan Swift
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54