expecting

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of expect

2. 2

   Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth

   Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

   • The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare.
   • When is the new couple expecting?
3. 3

   Expectant.

   • Dunscomb was in the sanctum, while a single clerk and three or four clients, countryment of decent exterior and very expecting countenances, occupied the outer room .
   • "Hello!?!" she said in a very expecting tone.
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   1. 4

      The process by which somebody expects something.

      • In this process participants become immersed in the dynamic interplay of rememberings, communal extraction, imaginings, expectings, etc., and of singular perceptions of each of these separately and as they come together […]

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• synonympregnant
• synonymenceinte
• synonymin a delicate situation
• synonymin the family way