expecting
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expecting
- /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/
- /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/
verb
- present participle and gerund of expect
adjective more expecting · most expecting
- Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant. The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare.
- Expectant. Dunscomb was in the sanctum, while a single clerk and three or four clients, countryment of decent exterior and very expecting countenances, occupied the outer room .
Similar: pregnant, enceinte, in a delicate situation, in the family way
noun expectings
- The process by which somebody expects something. In this process participants become immersed in the dynamic interplay of rememberings, communal extraction, imaginings, expectings, etc., and of singular perceptions of each of these separately and as they come together […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anticipate, require, ask, look, await, wait, carry, gestate, bear, looking, hoping, waiting, pending, predicting, anticipating, awaiting
adjective
Similar: pregnant, enceinte, in a delicate situation, in the family way
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adj in expectation of giving birth; pregnant
| Deutsch | werdende, erwartend, in anderen Umständen (sein), in gesegneten Umständen (sein), in guter Hoffnung (sein), in Hoffnung (sein) |
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