expectant

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈspɛktənt/

Definition of expectant

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Marked by expectation.
    “the expectant hush before the performance”
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adj

  1. Marked by expectation.
    “the expectant hush before the performance”
  2. Pregnant.
    “an expectant mother”
    “After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...”
  3. (dated)Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.

noun

  1. A person who expects or awaits something.

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Etymology

From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.

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Hooks

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