adj
Meaning 1
Marked by expectation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the expectant hush before the performance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
expectant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Pregnant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an expectant mother
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
A triage classification for a patient in a mass casualty event with injuries so severe they are unlikely to survive even with maximum medical care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- do you agree the patient is expectant, or is there something we can do to save her?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person who expects or awaits something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- was big with child
- was great with child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big(p), enceinte, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
marked by eager anticipation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an expectant hush
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чакащ (čakašt) — marked by expectation
- Bulgarian: очакващ (očakvašt) — marked by expectation
- Catalan: expectant — marked by expectation
- Danish: forventningsfuld — marked by expectation
- Finnish: odottava — marked by expectation
- French: expectatif — marked by expectation
- German: erwartend — marked by expectation
- German: erwartungsvoll — marked by expectation
- Irish: tnúthánach — marked by expectation
- Norwegian Bokmål: forventningsfull — marked by expectation
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forventingsfull — marked by expectation
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forventningsfull — marked by expectation
- Russian: жду́щий (ždúščij) — marked by expectation
- Russian: ожида́ющий (ožidájuščij) — marked by expectation
- Scottish Gaelic: dòchasach — marked by expectation
- Spanish: expectante — marked by expectation
- Swedish: förväntansfull — marked by expectation
- Welsh: disgwylgar — marked by expectation
- Welsh: gobeithiol — marked by expectation
- Bulgarian: бременна (bremenna) — pregnant
- Catalan: embarassada — pregnant
- Catalan: en cinta — pregnant
- Danish: ventende — pregnant
- Dutch: in verwachting — pregnant
- Esperanto: atendema — pregnant
- Finnish: odottava — pregnant
- German: schwanger — pregnant
- German: guter Hoffnung — pregnant
- Hungarian: várandós — pregnant
- Hungarian: anyai örömök elé néző — pregnant
- Italian: in dolce attesa — pregnant
- Māori: hapū — pregnant
- Norwegian: ventende — pregnant
- Russian: бере́менная (berémennaja) — pregnant
- Russian: в положе́нии (v položénii) — pregnant
- Scottish Gaelic: trom — pregnant
- Scottish Gaelic: torrach — pregnant
- Ottoman Turkish: گبه (gebe) — pregnant
- Ottoman Turkish: حامله (hamile) — pregnant