expecting
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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