expecting

VerbAdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

//ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ//
//ɛkˈspɛktɪŋ//

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

Verb

1
Auch eine Form von expectpresent participle and gerund of expect

Adjektiv

1
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?
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 .
Parma, unwilling to fight an action which might force France into the field, raised the siege; and Alençon, having strengthened the garrison, thrown in supplies, saved his credit with the Low Countries, and at all events, compromised himself, fell back into his expecting attitude, waiting for Elizabeth to reward him .
"Hello!?!" she said in a very expecting tone.

Substantiv

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 […]

Formen

Plural: expectings
Komparativ: more expecting
Superlativ: most expecting

expect · To predict or believe that something will happen expectation · The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event…expected · Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.

expecting · Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

expedition · A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into…expel · To eject.expense · A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

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