expecting
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]expecting
- present participle and gerund of expect
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]- see pregnant
Translations
[edit]in expectation of giving birth; pregnant
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Noun
[edit]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
[edit]process by which somebody expects something