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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024preg•nant1 /ˈprɛgnənt/USA pronunciation adj. - Medicinein the process of having a child or offspring developing in the body, as a woman or female mammal:pregnant with her fourth child.
- full of meaning;
highly significant:[before a noun]a pregnant pause.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024preg•nant1 (preg′nənt),USA pronunciation adj. - Medicinehaving a child or other offspring developing in the body;
with child or young, as a woman or female mammal. - fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with):a silence pregnant with suspense.
- teeming or fertile;
rich (often fol. 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.
- 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
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- convincing;
cogent:a pregnant argument.
- Latin premere. Cf. print
- Old French, present participle of preindre, earlier priembre to press1
- Middle English preignant 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pregnant /ˈprɛɡnənt/ adj - carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
- full of meaning or significance
- inventive or imaginative
- prolific or fruitful
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin praegnāns with child, from prae before + (g)nascī to be bornˈpregnantly adv |