"expectant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛktənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expectant.wav Forms: more expectant [comparative], most expectant [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|expectant}} Old French expectant, {{der|en|la|expectans}} Latin expectans Head templates: {{en-adj}} expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)
  1. Marked by expectation. Translations (marked by expectation): чакащ (čakašt) (Bulgarian), очакващ (očakvašt) (Bulgarian), forventningsfuld (Danish), odottava (Finnish), expectatif (French), erwartend (German), erwartungsvoll (German), tnúthánach (Irish), forventningsfull (Norwegian Bokmål), forventingsfull (Norwegian Nynorsk), forventningsfull (Norwegian Nynorsk), жду́щий (ždúščij) (Russian), ожида́ющий (ožidájuščij) (Russian), dòchasach (Scottish Gaelic), expectante (Spanish), förväntansfull (Swedish), disgwylgar (Welsh), gobeithiol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-expectant-en-adj-6yVKd8KN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 1 40 40 Disambiguation of 'marked by expectation': 98 0 2
  2. Pregnant. Translations (pregnant): бременна (bremenna) (Bulgarian), ventende (Danish), in verwachting (Dutch), odottava (Finnish), schwanger (German), guter Hoffnung (German), várandós (Hungarian), anyai örömök elé néző (Hungarian), in dolce attesa (Italian), hapū (Maori), ventende (Norwegian), گبه (gebe) (Ottoman Turkish), حامله (hamile) (Ottoman Turkish), бере́менная (berémennaja) (Russian), в положе́нии (v položénii) (Russian), trom (Scottish Gaelic), torrach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-expectant-en-adj-UVuVRdNC Disambiguation of 'pregnant': 0 100 0
  3. (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-expectant-en-adj-OXPuRvDo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 1 40 40 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛktənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expectant.wav Forms: expectants [plural]
Etymology: From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|expectant}} Old French expectant, {{der|en|la|expectans}} Latin expectans Head templates: {{en-noun}} expectant (plural expectants)
  1. A person who expects or awaits something.
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          "text": "After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pregnant."
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          "Pregnant",
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Medicine"
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      "glosses": [
        "Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment."
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        "(medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čakašt",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "чакащ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očakvašt",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "очакващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "forventningsfuld"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "odottava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "expectatif"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "erwartend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "erwartungsvoll"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "tnúthánach"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "forventningsfull"
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      "word": "forventingsfull"
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      "word": "forventningsfull"
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "жду́щий"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "ожида́ющий"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "dòchasach"
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
      "word": "förväntansfull"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "marked by expectation",
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      "sense": "marked by expectation",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "pregnant",
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "ventende"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "in verwachting"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "odottava"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "schwanger"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "guter Hoffnung"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "várandós"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "anyai örömök elé néző"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "in dolce attesa"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pregnant",
      "word": "hapū"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "pregnant",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "word": "حامله"
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      "word": "в положе́нии"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "trom"
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