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pregnant

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[ preg-nuh nt ]
/ ˈprɛg nənt /
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adjective

having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.
fraught, filled, or abounding (usually followed by with): a silence pregnant with suspense.
teeming or fertile; rich (often followed by in): a mind pregnant in ideas.
full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.
of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world.

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Origin of pregnant

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1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praegnant- (stem of praegnāns), variant of praegnās, equivalent to prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to ( g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nominative singular ending

OTHER WORDS FROM pregnant

preg·nant·ly, adverbpreg·nant·ness, noun

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Definition for pregnant (2 of 2)

pregnant2
[ preg-nuh nt ]
/ ˈprɛg nənt /

adjective Archaic.

convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.

Origin of pregnant

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1350–1400; Middle English preignant < Old French, present participle of preindre, earlier priembre to press1 < Latin premere. Cf. print
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Words related to pregnant

rich, abundant, enceinte, expectant, expecting, fecund, fertile, fraught, fruitful, heavy, hopeful, productive, prolific, replete, teeming, gravid, parturient, anticipating, parous, preggers

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British Dictionary definitions for pregnant

pregnant
/ (ˈprɛɡnənt) /

adjective

carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
full of meaning or significance
inventive or imaginative
prolific or fruitful

Derived forms of pregnant

pregnantly, adverb

Word Origin for pregnant

C16: from Latin praegnāns with child, from prae before + (g) nascī to be born
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for pregnant

pregnant
[ prĕg′nənt ]

adj.

Carrying developing offspring within the body.
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