expecting

English

Pronunciation

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

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Verb

expecting

1. present participle and gerund of expect

Adjective

expecting (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. 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