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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪkˈspɛktənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪkˈspɛktənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ik spek′tənt)

ex•pect•ant /ɪkˈspɛktənt/USA pronunciation adj.

having or marked by expectations: an expectant audience.
[before a noun] pregnant: an expectant mother.

ex•pect•ant•ly, adv. See -spec-.

ex•pect•ant (ik spek′tənt),USA pronunciation adj.

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.

a person who expects or who waits in expectation.

Latin expectant- (stem of expectāns), present participle of expectāre to expect; see -ant
Middle English 1350–1400

ex•pect′ant•ly, adv.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

expectant /ɪkˈspɛktənt/ adj

expecting, anticipating, or hopeful
having expectations, esp of possession of something or prosperity
pregnant

a person who expects something

exˈpectantly adv

'expectant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

agape - anticipant - natural childbirth - post-obit - atiptoe - church expectant - expectancy - expectation - half-expectant - hopeful - Lamaze method - maternity leave - prepared - quasi-expectant - tiptoe

Synonyms: expecting, hoping, hopeful, waiting, awaiting, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "expectant" in the title:

an increasingly expectant population
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