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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•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-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•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.
n. - 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
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