expecting

expecting

English

Pronunciation

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

Verb

expecting

1. present participle of expect

Adjective

expecting (not comparable)

1. Of a woman or female animal, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

   The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare.

   When is the new couple expecting?

Synonyms

• see pregnant

Translations

pregnant

Dutch: in verwachting Finnish: odottava (fi), raskaana oleva

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 […]

Anagrams

• excepting