be+expectant
11expectant — [adj1] anticipating alert, anticipative, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, breathless, eager, expecting, hopeful, hoping, in suspense, looking for, on edge*, on tenterhooks*, prepared, raring*, ready, vigilant, waiting, waiting on, watchful, with… …
12expectant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) hoping or anticipating that something is about to happen. 2) (of a woman) pregnant. DERIVATIVES expectantly adverb …
13expectant — [ek spek′tənt, ikspek′tənt] adj. [ME < OFr < L expectans, prp. of expectare] expecting; specif., a) having or showing expectation b) waiting, as for the birth of a child or for an inheritance n. a person who expects something expectantly… …
14expectant — expectantly, adv. /ik spek teuhnt/, adj. 1. having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience. 2. pregnant; expecting: an expectant mother. 3. characterized by expectations: an expectant attitude. 4. in expectation; expected;… …
15expectant — [[t]ɪkspe̱ktənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED 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. Derived words:… …
16expectant — adjective a) marked by expectation An expectant hush before the performance. b) pregnant An expectant mother …
17expectant — ex|pec|tant [ıkˈspektənt] adj [usually before noun] 1.) hopeful that something good or exciting will happen, or showing this ▪ a row of expectant faces 2.) expectant mother/father a mother or father whose baby will be born soon >expectantly… …
18expectant — adjective (usually before noun) 1 hopeful that something good or exciting will happen: a row of expectant faces see nervous 2 expectant mother a woman who is going to have a baby expectantly adverb …
19expectant — adjective 1) expectant fans Syn: eager, excited, psyched, agog, waiting with bated breath, hopeful; in suspense, on tenterhooks 2) an expectant mother Syn: pregnant; informal expecting, with a bun in the oven; …
20expectant — ex•pect•ant [[t]ɪkˈspɛk tənt[/t]] adj. 1) having or marked by expectations: an expectant audience[/ex] 2) pregnant: an expectant mother[/ex] 3) a person who expects or who waits in expectation • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L ex•pect′ant•ly, adv …
