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1. (adj.) expectant
having or marked by expectations:
an expectant audience.
2. expectant
pregnant:
an expectant mother.
3. (n.) expectant
a person who expects or who waits in expectation.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) anticipant, anticipative, expectant
marked by eager anticipation
"an expectant hush"
2. (adj) big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"; "was great with child"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) expectant
waiting in expectation; looking for
2. (adj) expectant
waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment
3. (noun) expectant
one who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good
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Sense: full of hope or expectation
the expectant faces of the audience.
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 Afrikaans: afwagtende |
 Arabic: مُتَرَقِّب، مُنْتَظِر |
 Bulgarian: чакащ |
 Brazilian: ansioso |
 Czech: dychtivý |
 German: erwartungsvoll |
 Danish: forhåbningsfuld; forventn |
 Greek: ανυπόμονος |
 Spanish: expectante |
 Estonian: ootusrikas |
 Farsi: منتظر؛ چشم انتظار |
 Finnish: odottava |
 French: qui attend |
 Hebrew: צִיפִייָה |
 Hindi: प्रत्याशित |
 Croatian: koji očekuje, iščekuje |
 Hungarian: várakozó |
 Indonesian: penuh harapan |
 Icelandic: eftirvæntingarfullur |
 Italian: ansioso |
 Japanese: 期待している |
 Korean: 기대를 가진 |
 Lithuanian: laukiantis |
 Latvian: gaidošs |
 Malay: penuh harapan |
 Dutch: vol verwachting |
 Norwegian: forventningsfull, ventend |
 Polish: wyczekujący |
 Persian: منتظر؛ چشم انتظار |
 Pashto: تمه لرونكى، متو قع، اميند |
 Portuguese: expectante/ansioso |
 Romanian: scontat, aşteptat; care a |
 Russian: предвкушающий |
 Slovak: dychtivý |
 Slovenian: pričakujoč |
 Serbian: koji očekuje |
 Swedish: förväntansfull |
 Thai: ที่คาดหวัง |
 Turkish: umutlu |
 Taiwanese: 充滿期望的 |
 Ukrainian: передчуваючий |
 Urdu: امید اور توقع سے بھرا |
 Vietnamese: mong chờ |
 Chinese: 充满期望的 |
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