expectant

Definition of expectant in English English dictionary: pregnant
An expectant mother.; marked by expectation
An expectant hush before the performance.; {a} waiting in expectation or hope of; {n} one who expects or waits; in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"; {i} one who is expecting or anticipating (i.e. the birth of a child); An expectant mother or father is someone whose baby is going to be born soon; One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good; marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush"; 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. + expectantly ex·pect·ant·ly The others waited, looking at him expectantly; Waiting in expectation; looking for waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment; {s} in a state of anticipation, in an attitude of waiting
expectant father: man whose child will soon be born
expectant mother: pregnant woman, woman soon to be a mother
Expectant.: anticipant
expect: To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that)
I expect that the troops will be defeated.
expect: To wait for; to await
Let's in, and there expect their coming.
expect: To consider reasonably due
You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.
expect: to look forward to as certain or probable
expect: {f} hope, anticipate; assume; be pregnant; require; look forward
expect: {v} to look for, hope, wait for, stay, attend
expect: look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March" consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted
expect: to consider obligatory or required
expect: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted
expect: look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
expect: If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person's duty to do it for you. He wasn't expecting our hospitality I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings I wasn't expecting you to help Is this a rational thing to expect of your partner, or not? She realizes now she expected too much of Helen
expect: If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will. Don't expect an instant cure You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with Don't expect me to come and visit you there
expect: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
expect: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
expect: To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated
expect: If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier. I wasn't expecting a visitor We were expecting him home again any day now
expect: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
expect: To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated
expect: You say `I expect' to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge. I expect you can guess what follows I expect you're tired `Will Joe be here at Christmas?' --- `I expect so.'
expect: To wait; to stay
expect: Expectation
expect: If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen. a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht's name They expect a gradual improvement in sales of new cars
expect: consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
expect: If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant. She was expecting another baby I hear Dawn's expecting again
expectantly: In an expectant manner
expectantly: in an expectant manner; "she looked at him expectantly
expectantly: in an expectant manner; "she looked at him expectantly"
expectantly: hopefully, in an anticipatory manner, in an expectant manner