Definition of expectant

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1	[ adjective ] marked by eager anticipation Synonyms anticipative anticipant Examples "an expectant hush" Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...) When in one letter Jessica informed me that her father did not like the idea of her going_out alone on New_Year's_Eve , I knew for a moment an immense relief ; but the letter went_on : she had cried , she had implored , she had been miserable at his refusal , and finally he had relented - and now how happy she was , how expectant ! Related terms hopeful
2	[ adjective ] in an advanced stage of pregnancy Synonyms gravid enceinte great large heavy with_child big Examples "was big with child" "was great with child" Related terms pregnant
*	Rhymes with disinfectant extant unrepentant repentant surfactant decongestant contestant reluctant impertinent pertinent transparent peasant enactment hesitant latent testament sentiment resplendent present pendant omnipresent interdependent unpleasant pleasant independent dependent segment transcendent decadent descendant ascendant descendent pennant parent blatant pheasant penchant potent patent pregnant apparent incessant depressant propellant antidepressant impressment impairment reassessment water-repellent assessment reticent suppressant repellent consistent insistent self-consistent persistent assistant consultant errant inconsistent inadvertent tenant incompetent impotent omnipotent misstatement restatement reinstatement incontinent expectorant abstinent continent defendant attendant refreshment superintendent trenchant inherent vacant unimportant important stunt student clement crescent remnant distant protestant serpent statement aspirant payment investment entrant aberrant overstatement presentment understatement contentment variant disinvestment resentment piquant current iridescent eloquent investment effervescent inclement invariant settlement adolescent quiescent evanescent obsolescent grandparent incandescent lieutenant predicament fluorescent luminescent consequent prescient resettlement convalescent resentment subsequent disinvestment nonexistent exultant intermittent concomitant resultant resistant existent nonresident punt impediment president sediment resident nonpayment servant pungent prepayment repayment combatant inhabitant noncombatant mutant adjutant exorbitant verdant assailant militant correspondent respondent corespondent despondent enslavement discernment displacement lakefront complainant escapement complacent disbursement complaisant litigant repugnant replacement emplacement abatement instant constant antecedent precedent pageant encirclement operant pavement salient advertisement deterrent determent aspirant accountant pollutant concomitant efferent sequent overpayment temperament underpayment resonant exponent irritant fervent nascent Phonetic and Homophones IH0 K S P EH1 K T AH0 N T Similar Spelling expectantly expectorant expect expectancy expected expectation expectable expectorate expectorator expectedness To share this definition click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste text link
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