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expecting

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /-ˈspek.tɪd/
    • /ɪkˈspekt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /-ˈspek.tɪd/

Definitions of expecting word

  • noun expecting Present participle of expect. 1
  • adjective expecting pregnant 0
See all 2 definitions of expecting

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Parts of speech for Expecting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Expecting

expecting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for expecting

adjective expecting

  • pregnant — convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
  • in the family way — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
  • expectant — Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting.
  • carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
All 4 Synonyms of expecting

Antonyms for expecting

adjective expecting

  • suspicious — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
  • off guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • trustful — full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.
  • unsuspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  • pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
All 5 Antonyms of expecting

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