"expecting" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-expecting.wav Forms: more expecting [comparative], most expecting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} expecting (comparative more expecting, superlative most expecting)
  1. (not comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in expectation of giving birth; pregnant): nyem (Akan), in verwachting (Dutch), odottava (Finnish), raskaana oleva (Finnish), werdende (english: Mutter) (German), erwartend (english: ein Baby / Kind) (German), in anderen Umständen (sein) (German), in gesegneten Umständen (sein) (German), in guter Hoffnung (sein) (German), in Hoffnung (sein) (German), in der Hoffnung (sein) (German), der Hoffnung (english: sein; today often humorous) (German), in Erwartung (english: sein; elevated style) (German), schwanger (english: sein; human) (German), trächtig (english: sein; animal) (German), hapū (Maori), āhua (Maori)
    Sense id: en-expecting-en-adj-fCt0vdwt Disambiguation of 'in expectation of giving birth; pregnant': 82 18
  2. Expectant.
    Sense id: en-expecting-en-adj-3BVXY23N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pregnant, enceinte, in a delicate situation, in the family way Derived forms: expectingly, expectingness, unexpecting

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-expecting.wav Forms: expectings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} expecting (plural expectings)
  1. The process by which somebody expects something.
    Sense id: en-expecting-en-noun-D1~HyKnm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Akan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 12 48 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 8 44 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 12 53 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 5 66 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Akan translations: 17 21 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 8 42 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 14 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 16 45 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 14 49 19

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-expecting.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} expecting
  1. present participle and gerund of expect Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: expect Categories (topical): Pregnancy
    Sense id: en-expecting-en-verb-sCiCVqmM Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 31 8 10 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "in der Hoffnung (sein)"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "sein; today often humorous",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "der Hoffnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "sein; elevated style",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "in Erwartung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "sein; human",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "schwanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "sein; animal",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "trächtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "hapū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in expectation of giving birth; pregnant",
      "word": "āhua"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expecting"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Akan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "en:Pregnancy"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "expectings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "expecting (plural expectings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ex‧pect‧ing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Merrelyn Emery, Searching: The Theory and Practice of Making Cultural Change:",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process by which somebody expects something."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "expecting"
}

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