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expecting
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Adjective
Of a woman or female animal, in expectation of giving birth
Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good
Confident in one's own abilities
Feeling, or wanting to feel, optimism about a future event
Noun
Being pregnant
About to experience
Verb
To hold an opinion
Present participle for to regard (something) as likely to happen
Present participle for to require (something) as rightfully due or appropriate in the circumstances
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Adjective
▲
Of a woman or female animal, in expectation of giving birth
pregnant
expectant
enceinte
heavy
gravid
preggers
big
caught
gone
quick
parturient
preggy
clucky
preggo
childing
impregnate
carrying
with child
carrying a child
having a baby
having a child
expecting a baby
in the club
knocked up
in pod
in trouble
up the duff
in the family way
expecting a happy event
up the stick
heavy with child
big with child
up the spout
in the pudding club
on the way
with one in the oven
eating for two
in a delicate condition
in an interesting condition
with a bun in the oven
with young
anticipating
gestating
fruitful
parous
fecund
prolific
fertile
productive
prenatal
antenatal
infanticipating
storked
hopeful
abundant
up the pole
large
with a baby on the way
having swallowed a watermelon seed
with a joey in the pouch
weighty
teeming
fraught
replete
gestate
fortification
knocked-up
fertilized
US
fertilised
UK
swelling
bearing a child
expecting a child
having a bun in the oven
conceiving
childbearing
impregnated
gestational
brooding
more ❯
“Two months to the date of their wedding anniversary Jessica was
expecting
.”
Adjective
▲
Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something good
anticipant
anticipatory
agog
agape
expectant
anticipating
hopeful
anticipative
awaiting
hoping
wishing
eager
excited
anxious
trusting
assuming
waiting
breathless
keeping the faith
looking forward to
looking forward
full of hope
ready
on tenterhooks
watchful
apprehensive
prepared
raring
alert
vigilant
keen
in suspense
keyed up
waiting with bated breath
on edge
with bated breath
on pins and needles
looking for
waiting on
enthusiastic
hungry
impatient
thirsty
yearning
longing
aching
avid
desirous
willing
hot
intent
pining
pumped
voracious
zealous
itching
hankering
craving
juiced
wishful
solicitous
crazy
dying
ready and willing
hot to trot
gung ho
hepped up
raring to go
rarin' to go
hopped-up
on the edge of your seat
champing at the bit
open-mouthed
all agog
amenable
disposed
up
wholehearted
enthused
interested
ardent
fervid
psyched
fervent
set
earnest
inclined
passionate
wild
fain
favourably inclined
as keen as mustard
up for
in the mood
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
pysched up
on for
minded
keen as mustard
of a mind
game
mad keen
antsy
greedy
restless
desiring
intent on
geeked
athirst
ripe
set on
gagging
dying to
stoked
vehement
ambitious
self-starting
bent on
appetent
heated
hankering after
restive
desirous of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Confident in one's own abilities
self-assured
confident
assured
composed
poised
assertive
positive
commanding
bold
secure
authoritative
fearless
sure
cocksure
brave
courageous
dauntless
expectant
overconfident
unafraid
believing
cocky
self-possessed
self-confident
self-asserting
self-reliant
can-do
sure of oneself
well-balanced
believing in oneself
sure of yourself
puffed up
full of oneself
certain
sanguine
upbeat
self-assertive
know-it-all
undoubtful
cool
phlegmatic
audacious
gung ho
unhesitating
gutsy
cool-headed
level-headed
bullish
self-respecting
filled with aplomb
hotdog
hotshot
self-secure
pumped up
swaggy
not backward in coming forward
strong-willed
imposing
masterful
masterly
collected
firm
decisive
imperative
officious
magisterial
arrogant
calm
nonchalant
optimistic
unperturbed
imperturbable
hopeful
unruffled
impassive
serene
tranquil
buoyant
settled
relaxed
intrepid
self-sufficient
unflappable
together
happy
in good heart
ridibund
cheery
of good cheer
enthusiastic
lively
disposed to look on the bright side
animated
implicit
bright
cheerful
doubtless
spirited
clear
unfazed
sure-footed
surefooted
nonplussed
equanimous
at ease
laid-back
sensible
stable
rational
equable
balanced
well balanced
well-adjusted
sane
sober
sound
dependable
mature
reliable
grounded
steady
unworried
unmoved
unemotional
well adjusted
cool, calm and collected
even-tempered
full of common sense
reasonable
realistic
practical
judicious
pragmatic
commonsensical
prudent
wise
circumspect
businesslike
normal
levelheaded
stolid
staid
responsible
sedate
serious
calculable
unswerving
reserved
good
unexcitable
with both feet on the ground
down-to-earth
serious-minded
self-restrained
having both feet on the ground
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling, or wanting to feel, optimism about a future event
hopeful
assured
confident
optimistic
buoyant
sanguine
cheerful
expectant
positive
anticipative
bullish
upbeat
anticipating
certain
secure
sure
trustful
trusting
anticipant
calm
cocksure
comfortable
content
doubtless
emboldened
encouraged
enthusiastic
hoping
inspirited
reassured
satisfied
unflagging
full of hope
at ease
keeping the faith
looking forward to
disposed to look on the bright side
bright
idealistic
Panglossian
of good cheer
looking on the bright side
happy
cheery
clear
sunny
implicit
promising
merry
utopian
cheering
rose-colored
Pollyannaish
animated
spirited
can-do
looking through rose-colored glasses
buoyed up
always expecting the best
wishing
auspicious
encouraging
chipper
golden
propitious
fair
likely
heartening
assuming
high
looking forward
seen through rose-coloured spectacles
disposed to take a favourable view
inclined to look through rose-coloured spectacles
undoubtful
ridibund
lively
self-confident
self-assured
in good heart
rosy
convinced
unfaltering
roseate
firm
unwavering
categorical
unequivocal
resolute
consummate
unhesitating
unquestioning
on cloud nine
persuaded
unshakeable in one's belief
have no doubt
secure in one's belief
easy in one's mind
hold the unwavering view
not question
in no doubt
free from doubt
definite
decided
absolute
decisive
conclusive
self-conceited
unquestionable
cold
undoubting
steady
having no doubt
safe
steadfast
assertive
confirmed
unshaken
clear-thinking
strong-minded
swaggy
unvacillating
unshakeable
valid
undoubtable
believing
questionless
having no questions about
unshaken in one's belief
resolved
set
unshakable
fixed
clear in your mind
holding the unwavering view
converted
swayed
influenced
solid
self-possessed
believing in oneself
strong
stable
sure of yourself
with no doubts about
sure of oneself
filled with aplomb
fast
unerring
bold
won over
unswerving
staunch
concrete
undeniable
express
composed
poised
rank
affirmative
perfect
real
home
out-and-out
forceful
irrefutable
inarguable
downright
explicit
incontestable
direct
indubitable
thoroughgoing
thorough
indisputable
complete
unambiguous
incontrovertible
factual
actual
forcible
unmistakable
outright
genuine
hard
clear-cut
at rest
down home
in one's element
in the bosom
more ❯
Noun
▲
Being pregnant
family way
gestation
pregnancy
gravidity
gravid
pregnant
being pregnant
with child
carrying a child
parturiency
impregnation
fertilization
US
germination
propagation
child-bearing
lying-in
gravidness
confinement
fertilisation
UK
antenatal period
condition
prenatal period
perinatal period
development
incubation
maturation
ripening
evolution
growth
progression
progress
fecundation
reproduction
Noun
▲
About to experience
in for
due
due for
heading for
in line for
likely to receive
ready for
up for
about to experience
about to receive
Verb
▲
To hold an opinion
feeling
believing
thinking
holding
maintaining
deeming
considering
judging
assuming
holding that
viewing
concluding
figuring
reckoning
adjudging
assessing
considering it right
esteeming
estimating
regarding
adjudicating
coming to the conclusion that
opining
guessing
supposing
suspecting
presuming
trusting
surmising
calculating
fancying
theorizing
US
imagining
daresaying
presupposing
postulating
conjecturing
positing
divining
forecasting
hypothesizing
US
ascertaining
speculating
foreseeing
deducing
thinking likely
getting the idea
thinking it likely
having a hunch
theorising
UK
hypothesising
UK
coming to the conclusion
drawing the inference
taking it as given
taking for granted
regarding as likely
taking it
having sneaking suspicion
gathering
understanding
inferring
conceiving
reasoning
gauging
UK
determining
evaluating
gaging
US
appraising
taking
daring say
rating
sensing
guesstimating
predicting
calling
weening
allowing
gleaning
counting
making
anticipating
sizing up
placing
seeing
ranking
valuing
hazarding a guess
classing
deciding
approximating
having a feeling
perceiving
valuating
suspicioning
extrapolating
deriving
suggesting
putting
predicating
weighing up
working out
accepting
classifying
apprehending
taking as read
saying
discerning
premising
envisaging
construing
pegging
venturing
looking upon
forming an opinion of
foretelling
summing up
having a sneaking suspicion
grading
setting
weighing
envisioning
realizing
US
fathoming
appreciating
computing
realising
UK
making out
making an estimate of
categorizing
US
finding
resolving
intuiting
distinguishing
measuring
visualizing
US
visualising
UK
fixing
prophesying
accounting
pigeonholing
assaying
dreaming
surveying
dare-saying
discovering
pretending
numbering
noticing
foreknowing
philosophizing
US
categorising
UK
taking it as read
forming an impression of
philosophising
UK
taking stock in
taking as gospel truth
calculating roughly
swearing by
taking as a hypothesis
looking on
going out on a limb
setting down
getting the measure of
grouping
having the feeling
sorting
ordering
codifying
hearing
branding
learning
contending
putting forward
reading
analysing
UK
typing
hazarding
grasping
establishing
interpreting
assigning
comprehending
marking
arranging
implying
checking
ranging
compartmenting
predetermining
assorting
separating
contemplating
indexing
compartmentalizing
US
distributing
solving
sizing
crediting
cognizing
savvying
recognizing
US
telling
casting
drawing
granting
getting
tumbling to
counting on
projecting
characterizing
US
detecting
visioning
imaging
pricing
fearing
positioning
twigging
analyzing
US
roughly calculating
having a suspicion
scoring
putting down as
putting down for
making a guess at
thinking it likely that
having a sneaking feeling
compartmentalising
UK
checking out
recognising
UK
rating as
characterising
UK
buttoning down
holding to be
forming opinion
dreaming up
doping out
seeing as
having an idea
hearing tell
picking
postulating that
having an idea that
theorizing that
cottoning on to
catching on to
deeming to be
putting a value on
breaking down
taking a stab
seeing something coming
taking a stab at
taking it for granted
taking a shot at
passing judgment
typecasting
looking on as
having a foreboding
thinking of
setting at
taking a shot
prognosticating
jumping to a conclusion
regretting
budgeting
taking something read
compassing
hypothecating
soothsaying
reviewing
apprising
ratiocinating
syllogizing
imputing
reputing
listing
lining up
putting in order
putting a figure on
counting up
counting upon
falling for
taking something as given
making rough guess
taking as fact
viewing as
drawing conclusions
banking on
reckoning on
settling
taking measure of
eyeing up
decoding
grokking
assimilating
noting
registering
deciphering
observing
knowing
digging
conceding
previsioning
having as one's opinion
betting
figuring out
sussing
forefeeling
expressing an opinion
giving opinion
disbelieving
latching on to
picking out
cooking up
getting the picture
having a sneaking suspicion of
harboring suspicion
thinking probable
thinking it probable
running over
thinking through
looking into
budgeting for
deciding on
accounting for
having a funny feeling
conceiting
defining
classing as being
thinking of as being
regarding as being
looking on as being
seeing as being
viewing as being
setting a figure on
picturing
taking something on board
seeing through
rationalizing
US
differentiating
seeing the light
rationalising
UK
stumbling on
contextualizing
US
feeling for
contextualising
UK
ideating
fantasizing
US
propounding
submitting
conceiving of
describing
explaining
advancing
stating
thinking it conceivable
fantasying
featuring
conjuring up
trumping up
fantasising
UK
creating
conjuring
thinking up
asserting
standing
proposing
looking at
classing as
forming the opinion
taking to be
ranking as
regarding as
swearing
marking down as
reckoning to be
making of
tabbing
guessing at
thinking to be
tagging
judging to be
finding to be
considering to be
ruling
betting one's bottom dollar
entertaining the idea
taking the view
setting store by
subscribing to the opinion
averring
swearing up and down
buying
laying money on
crossing heart
lapping up
including
posing
setting forth
criticizing
US
containing
involving
designating
assessing the worth of
taking measure
putting a price on
criticising
UK
pricing out
looking over
checking something out
taking account of
making up one's mind about
labelling
UK
labeling
US
entailing
encompassing
digesting
relegating
bracketing
filing
selecting
happening upon
chancing
identifying
triaging
venturing a guess
risking assuming
allotting
marking down
dividing
parting
planning on
bargaining for
more ❯
“I
expect
he'll perform according to expectations.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regard (something) as likely to happen
anticipating
envisaging
forecasting
predicting
envisioning
foreseeing
awaiting
contemplating
prophesying
sensing
divining
feeling
foreshadowing
foretelling
suspecting
visualising
UK
visualizing
US
apprehending
figuring
foreknowing
gathering
pre-empting
prognosticating
banking on
planning for
bargaining for
bargaining on
counting on
counting upon
having a hunch of
having in prospect
hoping for
looking for
looking forward to
planning on
seeing something coming
waiting for
watching for
looking ahead to
seeing in the cards
contemplating the possibility of
“I
expect
an eventual recovery in the slumping economy.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to require (something) as rightfully due or appropriate in the circumstances
requiring
demanding
wanting
wishing
obligating
obliging
directing
needing
commanding
exacting
ordering
calling for
asking for
insisting on
looking for
hoping for
relying upon
necessitating that
decreeing that
“We
expect
you to comply with the rules of your employment.”
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