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expectant

adjective

= expecting, excited, anticipating, anxious, ready, awaiting, eager, hopeful, apprehensive, watchful, in suspense • She turned to me with an expectant look on her face.
= pregnant, expecting (informal), gravid, enceinte • antenatal classes for expectant mothers

'expectant' in Other Languages

British English: expectant If someone is expectant, they are excited because they think something interesting is about to happen. ADJECTIVEAn expectant crowd gathered.
Brazilian Portuguese: expectante
Chinese: 期待的
European Spanish: expectante
French: impatient impatiente
German: erwartungsvoll
Italian: pieno di aspettative piena di aspettative
Japanese: 待ち設けている
Korean: 기대에 찬
Portuguese: expectante
Spanish: expectante

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