expecting

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of expect

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.
2. Expectant.

Noun

The process by which somebody expects something.

expect

1. (ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
2. To consider obligatory or required.
3. To consider reasonably due.
4. To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait; to stay.

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Synonyms

pregnant

with child

expectant

waiting

wishing

gravid

desiring

anticipating

watching

with young

be pregnant

looking for

expecting a child

sperminated

enwombed

anticipant

preggo

expectation

gestating

in a family way

looking forward to

preggers

standing

up the duff

Translations

enceinte

incinta

schwanger

zwanger

embarazada

prenyada

praegnans

حامل

embarassada

έγκυος

grávida

gravida

🤰

pretendente

gravid

drachtig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/