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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
     expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
     Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
     efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under
        Expectancy.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n.
     One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope
     of receiving some good.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           An expectant of future glory.            --South.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L. expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
     expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
     Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
     efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
  
     Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under
        Expectancy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n.
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  expectant
       adj 1: marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn: anticipant,
               anticipative]
       2: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
          "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, gravid,
           great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  expectant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la expectō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  expectant
     a.
     1 Marked by expectation.
     2 pregnant.
     3 (lb en medicine dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little
  active treatment.
     n.
     A person who expects or awaits something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  expectant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la expectō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  expectant
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la expectō  3 p pres actv indc)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  expectant
     Englanti a.
     innokkaasti odottaa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/
  متوقع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  expectant //ɪkˈspɛktənt// 
  1. очакващ, чакащ
  marked by expectation
  2. бременна
  pregnant

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/ 
  čekající

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/ 
  čekatel

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/
  erwartend, wartend 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/
  erwartungsvoll 
     Synonym: full of expectation
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/ 
  erwartungsfreudig 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  expectant //ɪkˈspɛktənt// 
  odottava 2.
  marked by expectation
   3.
  pregnant

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/
  1. jövendôbeli
  2. várakozó
  3. várományos
  4. leendô

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  expectant //ɪkˈspɛktənt// 
  ventende
  pregnant

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  expectant /ɪkˈspektənt/ 
   1.  wyczekujący
   2.  spodziewający się dziecka, spodziewający się

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/ 
  expectante

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  expectant //ɪkˈspɛktənt// 
  förväntansfull
  marked by expectation

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  expectant /ɛkspˈɛktənt/
  1. bekleyen, ümit eden, uman (kimse) expectant mother hamile kadın. expectantly  bekleyerek, ümitle.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪkˈspɛktənt/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  EXPECTANT. Having relation to, or depending upon something; this word is 
  frequently used in connexion with fee, as fee expectant.  
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "expectant":
     agape, agog, alert, all agog, anticipant, anticipating,
     anticipative, anticipatory, anxious, apprehensive, aspiring,
     assured, atiptoe, awaiting, big, certain, confident, eager,
     expecting, fond, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, full of hope,
     gaping, gone, gravid, heavy, hopeful, hoping, in anticipation,
     in expectation, in good heart, in hopes, looking, looking for,
     looking forward to, not surprised, of good cheer, of good hope,
     open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, parturient, prepared, ready,
     sanguine, sure, undespairing, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for,
     watchful, watching for, with bated breath
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 预期者,期待者;
  a. 预期的,期待的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 预期者,期待者
     a. 预期的,期待的

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