EXPECTANT
\ɛkspˈɛktənt], \ɛkspˈɛktənt], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈɛ_k_t_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of EXPECTANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
By Princeton University
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marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush"
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
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One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
By Oddity Software
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waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
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One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
By Noah Webster.
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Looking forward with confidence; prospective.
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Expectantly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William R. Warner
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Looking or waiting for.
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One who expects: one who is looking or waiting for some benefit: a candidate for the ministry who has not yet received a license to preach.
By Daniel Lyons
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Expecting; looking for.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Waiting; looking for; administered or treated in anticipation.
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One who waits in expectation of some appointment, benefit, or good. An expectant estate, an estate in expectancy.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Robley Dunglison
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