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expectant

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPECTANT

a.Waiting; looking for. 1. An expectant estate, is one which is suspended till the determination of a particular estate.

 

EXPECTANT

n.One who expects; one who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by his belief or hope of receiving some good. Those who have the gift of offices are usually surrounded by expectants.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPECTANT

Ex *pect "ant, a. Etym: [L.expectans, exspectans, p.pr. of expectare,exspectare: cf. F. expectant. ]

 

Defn: Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med. )

 

Defn: waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law ), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

 

EXPECTANT

EXPECTANT Ex *pect "ant, n.

 

Defn: One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expectant

ex pect ant |ikˈspektənt ɪkˈspɛktənt | ▶adjective having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something pleasant and interesting: an expectant conference crowd. • [ attrib. ] (of a woman ) pregnant: an expectant mother. ▶noun archaic a person who anticipates receiving something, esp. high office. DERIVATIVES ex pect ant ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin exspectant- ‘expecting, ’ from the verb exspectare (see expect ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

expectant

ex ¦pect |ant |ɪkˈspɛkt (ə )nt, ɛk- | ▶adjective having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good: expectant crowds arrived early. • [ attrib. ] used to describe a pregnant woman or a man who is about to become a father: an expectant mother. ▶noun archaic a person who anticipates receiving something, especially high office. DERIVATIVES expectantly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin exspectant- ‘expecting ’, from the verb exspectare (see expect ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expectant

expectant adjective 1 expectant fans: eager, excited, psyched, agog, waiting with bated breath, hopeful; in suspense, on tenterhooks. 2 an expectant mother: pregnant; informal expecting, with a bun in the oven; chiefly Brit. informal preggers; technical gravid; dated in the family way; archaic with child.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expectant

expectant adjective 1 hundreds of expectant fans: eager, excited, agog, waiting with bated breath, breathless, waiting, anticipatory, hopeful; in suspense, on tenterhooks, on the edge of one's seat, keyed up, on pins and needles, anxious. ANTONYMS uninterested. 2 an expectant mother: pregnant, having a baby, having a child, carrying a child; French enceinte; informal expecting, in the family way, expecting a happy event, eating for two, preggers, preggy, with a bun in the oven, with one in the oven; Brit. informal up the duff, in the club, in the pudding club, up the spout, up the stick; N. Amer. informal knocked up; Austral. informal preggo, clucky; informal, dated in trouble, in pod; technical gravid, parturient; archaic with child, heavy /big with child, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition, childing, on the way; rare impregnate.

 

Spanish Dictionary

expectante

expectante adjetivo 1 Que espera observando con interés y curiosidad lo que pasa :estaré expectante hasta que salgan los resultados; me miró, expectante, aunque no esperaba ninguna respuesta .2 Que comporta o denota expectación :actitud expectante; me daba cuenta del silencio expectante de todos; permanecen de pie con una rigidez expectante; la gente se echaba a estas calles con los ojos expectantes, abiertos como puertas por ver si les entraba alguna imagen nueva con que amasar su sueño de aquel día .3 mat Que se basa en la expectación como actitud terapéutica :medicina expectante .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expectant

ex pect ant /ɪkspékt (ə )nt, eks- /形容詞 1 期待している ; «…を » 予期する, 待ち受けている «of » ▸ an expectant attitude 待ち設けている態度 ▸ She was expectant of her husband .彼女は夫を待ちわびていた 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗出産を心待ちにしている 〈母 父 〉, 出産予定の ▸ an expectant mother 妊婦 3 期待されている, 予期される, 推定の ▸ an expectant heir 推定相続人 4 (手をこまねいてただ )待っている, 傍観的な .名詞 C 期待している人 ; (官職の )採用予定者, 志願者 .

 

expectantly

ex p é ct ant ly 副詞 期待して, 心待ちに .