expectantadjective
uk/ɪkˈspek.tənt/us/ɪkˈspek.tənt/expectant adjective (THINKING)
thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen:
the children's expectant faces
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- promise
- reckon on sth
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
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expectant adjective (PREGNANT)
[ before noun ] used to refer to a woman who is pregnant or a man whose partner is pregnant:
expectant mothers/fathers/couples
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Obstetrics: pregnancy
- anti-choice
- artificial insemination
- backstreet abortion
- carry
- child
- conceive
- ectopic pregnancy
- embryo
- embryonic
- expect
- family
- fruitful
- full-term
- have a bun in the oven idiom
- IVF
- late-term
- pro-choice
- pro-life
- surrogacy
- trouble
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expectantly
adverb uk/ɪkˈspek.tənt.li/us/ɪkˈspek.tənt.li/
The dog looked up at John expectantly.