be+expectant
21expectant fee — See expectant estates; fee expectant …
22expectant — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. characterized by expectation 2. expecting the birth of a child < expectant mothers > • expectantly adverb II. noun Date: 1609 one who is looking forward to something …
23EXPECTANT — ANTE. adj. Qui a droit d attendre, d espérer une place, un emploi ; qui a une expectative. Médecin expectant à l Hôtel Dieu. Médecine expectante, Celle qui laisse faire beaucoup à la nature, et qui emploie des moyens peu actifs ; par opposition …
24expectant — ex·pec·tant tənt adj expecting the birth of a child <expectant mothers> …
25expectant — adj. Expectant is used with these nouns: ↑crowd, ↑face, ↑father, ↑hush, ↑mother, ↑mum, ↑parent, ↑silence …
26expectant — ex|pec|tant [ ık spektənt ] adjective 1. ) feeling excited about something you think is soon going to happen 2. ) only before noun an expectant mother or father will soon be a parent of a new baby ╾ ex|pec|tant|ly adverb …
27expectant — pregnant A shortened form of expectant mother, who is said to be expecting: Polish women workers (forced labour) were reputedly sent home if they were expecting. (Klemperer, 1999, in translation) We take for granted that a person so… …
28expectant — UK [ɪkˈspektənt] / US adjective 1) feeling excited about something that you think is soon going to happen 2) [only before noun] an expectant mother or father will soon be a parent of a new baby Derived word: expectantly adverb …
29expectant — [ɪkˈspektənt] adj 1) feeling excited about something that you think is going to happen 2) an expectant mother or father will soon be a parent of a new baby expectancy noun [U] expectantly adv …
30expectant — /əkˈspɛktənt / (say uhk spektuhnt), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective 1. having expectations; expecting. 2. expecting the birth of a child: an expectant mother. 3. characterised by expectations. 4. expected or anticipated; prospective. –noun 5. someone… …
