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expectant
[ ik-spek-tuhnt ]
/ ÉȘkËspÉk tÉnt /
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adjective
having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother.
characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude.
in expectation; expected; prospective: an expectant fortune.
noun
a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
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British Dictionary definitions for expectant
expectant
/ (ÉȘkËspÉktÉnt) /
adjective
expecting, anticipating, or hopefulan expectant glance
having expectations, esp of possession of something or prosperity
pregnantan expectant mother
noun
a person who expects something
obsolete a candidate for office, esp for ecclesiastical preferment
Derived forms of expectant
expectantly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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