expecting

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ/
Hyphenation: ex‧pect‧ing
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Verb

expecting

present participle and gerund of expect

Adjective

expecting (not comparable)

Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.
The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare.

When is the new couple expecting?

Synonyms

see pregnant

enceinte
in a delicate situation
in the family way

Translations

in expectation of giving birth; pregnant

Akan: nyem
Dutch: in verwachting
Finnish: odottava (fi), raskaana oleva
German: werdende (de) (Mutter), (ein Baby / Kind) erwartend (de), in anderen Umständen (sein), in gesegneten Umständen (sein), in guter Hoffnung (sein), in Hoffnung (sein), in der Hoffnung (sein), der Hoffnung (sein; today often humorous), in Erwartung (sein; elevated style), schwanger (de) (sein; human), trächtig (de) (sein; animal)
Maori: hapū, āhua (mi)

Noun

expecting (plural expectings)

The process by which somebody expects something.
- 1998, Merrelyn Emery, Searching: The Theory and Practice of Making Cultural Change:
  In this process participants become immersed in the dynamic interplay of rememberings, communal extraction, imaginings, expectings, etc., and of singular perceptions of each of these separately and as they come together […]

Translations

process by which somebody expects something

Anagrams

excepting

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