expectant
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛktənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)
- Marked by expectation.
- the expectant hush before the performance
- Pregnant.
- an expectant mother
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 18:
- After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...
- (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
- (medicine) A triage classification for a patient in a mass casualty event with injuries so severe they are unlikely to survive even with maximum medical care.
- Do you agree the patient is expectant, or is there something we can do to save her?
Derived terms
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[edit]marked by expectation
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pregnant
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Noun
[edit]expectant (plural expectants)
- A person who expects or awaits something.
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[edit]Verb
[edit]expectant
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