pregnantpreg‧nant /ˈpreɡnənt/ ●●○ S3 adjective 
medical care for pregnant women I knew right away that I was pregnant. I thought I was too old to get pregnant.twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant She’s about five months pregnant.pregnant with Maria was pregnant with her second child. I didn’t mean to get her pregnant (=make her pregnant). His wife was heavily pregnant (=almost ready to give birth).2pregnant pause/silence a pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion: He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.3pregnant with something formal containing a lot of a quality: Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.COLLOCATIONSverbsbecome pregnant· Sally became pregnant, and gave birth to a baby son.get pregnant informal (=become pregnant)· She got pregnant when she was sixteen.get somebody pregnant (=make a woman pregnant, usually without planning to)· At least he didn't get you pregnant.adverbstwelve weeks pregnant/two months pregnant etc· The doctor said that she was eight weeks pregnant.heavily pregnant (=having almost reached the time when you will give birth)· I saw at once that the woman was heavily pregnant.
WORD ORIGINpregnant
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin praegnans, from praegnas, from prae- ( ➔ PRE-) + gnatus ‘born’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- By this time I was heavily pregnant and could hardly get into any of my clothes.
- The health centre provides milk and vitamins for pregnant women.
- We can't stop teens from having sex, but we can help them to avoid getting pregnant.
- When did you find out you were pregnant?
- When I was pregnant with Mandy, I felt fat and unattractive.
- When Janette was three months pregnant, she caught flu.
- When our cat was pregnant she looked like a round, furry ball.
- In her alternative class for pregnant teens at school, she was surrounded by 13 -, 14-and 15-year-olds.
- It was an interesting move pregnant with unforeseen circumstances, not least the concern and misunderstanding to which it gave rise locally.
- She thought perhaps the baby was very clever: her friends remarked upon how sharp she'd got since she became pregnant.
- They are against it, except if they, their secret lover or their 14-year-old daughter is pregnant.
- They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares.
- Three months later, she shows up pregnant on his doorstep.
- When she was pregnant, she washed clothes.
- Within a few months, Gordeeva was pregnant.
Longman Language Activatorhaving a baby developing in your body
· The health centre provides milk and vitamins for pregnant women.· When our cat was pregnant she looked like a round, furry ball.get pregnant · We can't stop teens from having sex, but we can help them to avoid getting pregnant.pregnant with somebody · When I was pregnant with Mandy, I felt fat and unattractive.twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant · When Janette was three months pregnant, she caught flu.heavily pregnant British (=when the baby is almost ready to be born) · By this time I was heavily pregnant and could hardly get into any of my clothes.
to have a baby developing in your body - used especially when you are telling someone that you or another person is going to have a baby: · Isn't it wonderful that Susie's going to have a baby?· My boss is having a baby in March, but she's only taking two months maternity leave.· The doctor told Ellie that the tests were positive and she was going to have a baby.
spoken informal to have a baby developing inside you: · They'd only been married a couple of months and already Rebecca was expecting.
a woman who is going to have a baby: · Expectant mothers are entitled to free healthcare.· Expectant mothers sometimes have cravings for unusual foods.
also mum-to-be British informal a woman who is going to have a baby: · I hear you are now a mother-to-be.· For first time mothers-to-be, the importance of regular check-ups cannot be stressed enough.
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nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs His wife was heavily pregnant at the time.
· Sally became pregnant, and gave birth to a baby son.
informal (=become pregnant)· She got pregnant when she was sixteen.
(=make a woman pregnant, usually without planning to)· At least he didn't get you pregnant.
adverbs· The doctor said that she was eight weeks pregnant.
(=having almost reached the time when you will give birth)· I saw at once that the woman was heavily pregnant.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES His wife was heavily pregnant at the time. (=one that is full of meaning or emotion)· ‘OK. Let’s move on,’ said the president after a pregnant pause.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· She was already pregnant when Hugh met her.· Virgin greenfly give birth to virgin young that are already pregnant with other virgins.· A shy, thin, very beautiful young girl, she was already pregnant.· The rumours said that his bride was already pregnant when he married her.· They were already pregnant and the foals were born last week within 3 days of each other.
· But please note that you shouldn't move heavily pregnant livebearers, as it can cause them to miscarry.· She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water.· When I was heavily pregnant we lived in one room that was infested with red ants.· Then I went to an aqua class with my neighbour who was heavily pregnant at the time.
· If he really and honestly was still attracted to her now that she was practically middle-aged and pregnant. Very pregnant.· Other women came over; one was very pregnant.· At the time, Smith was very pregnant, wearing a beige maternity dress.
NOUN· A profound psychical revolution might erupt from this experience of the pregnant female as priest.· Cubs and even foetuses cut from the bodies of pregnant females were added to individual hunters' totals.· As they watched, he skinned a pregnant female and pulled a perfectly formed foetus from its belly.
· There was one pregnant girl in there, we knew she was losing her baby.· Lousy test scores, the promotion of students who are already performing below grade level, dropouts and pregnant girls.· Ameia attended a school that offers special classes and support services for pregnant girls.· The search ended after Lidia Romero, 29, found the pregnant girl and Sotelo panhandling outside a grocery store.
· The court had already heard how Westmore James went to Banbury to see his pregnant girlfriend.· A FATHER-to-be kicked and punched his pregnant girlfriend in a row.
· The problem with his lofty sentiments and pregnant pauses was that they were completely eclipsed by his reputation.· There was a long silence - what I think might be called a pregnant pause.
· Gilfoyle, 31-year-old auxiliary nurse at a private hospital, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his eight-month pregnant wife, Paula.· He had a baby, a pregnant wife, and a new house in London with a large mortgage.· His pregnant wife and two eldest sons had already been killed.· She made Fred see himself only as she described him as a man who was deliberately making his now pregnant wife unhappy.
· We also campaigned against the widespread practice of pregnancy tests by employers and the dismissal of pregnant women.· Also patron of the falsely accused, childbirth, obstetricians, and pregnant women.· In February 1985 a young pregnant woman from Ballywilliam, Nenagh, Co.· When a pregnant woman drinks a cup of coffee, her unborn child experiences the same degree of stimulation.· Diabetics are liable to deficiencies, and 4 per cent of pregnant women are also at risk.· By this device, the disabled, the elderly poor and low-income pregnant women would retain the open-ended entitlements they now enjoy.· This is a war in which children and babies have frequently had their throats cut, and pregnant women been disembowelled.· Children, pregnant women and the old and sick were advised to stay indoors.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body: - The problem with his lofty sentiments and pregnant pauses was that they were completely eclipsed by his reputation.
- There was a long silence - what I think might be called a pregnant pause.
- His voice was pregnant with contempt.
medical care for pregnant women I knew right away that I was pregnant. I thought I was too old to get pregnant.twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant She’s about five months pregnant.pregnant with Maria was pregnant with her second child. I didn’t mean to get her pregnant (=make her pregnant). His wife was heavily pregnant (=almost ready to give birth).2pregnant pause/silence a pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion: He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.3pregnant with something formal containing a lot of a quality: Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.COLLOCATIONSverbsbecome pregnant· Sally became pregnant, and gave birth to a baby son.get pregnant informal (=become pregnant)· She got pregnant when she was sixteen.get somebody pregnant (=make a woman pregnant, usually without planning to)· At least he didn't get you pregnant.adverbstwelve weeks pregnant/two months pregnant etc· The doctor said that she was eight weeks pregnant.heavily pregnant (=having almost reached the time when you will give birth)· I saw at once that the woman was heavily pregnant.