Associations to the word «Expectant»

Wiktionary

EXPECTANT, adjective. Marked by expectation.
EXPECTANT, adjective. Pregnant.
EXPECTANT, adjective. (medicine) (dated) Waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.

Dictionary definition

EXPECTANT, adjective. Marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush".
EXPECTANT, adjective. In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke