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Expecting

//ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant. not-comparable

    "The expecting mother is enthusiastic about learning childcare."

  2. 2
    Expectant.

    "Dunscomb was in the sanctum, while a single clerk and three or four clients, countryment of decent exterior and very expecting countenances, occupied the outer room ."

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which somebody expects something.

    "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 […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of expect form-of, gerund, participle, present

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