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What does expectant mean?

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Adjective
  1. Marked by expectation.
  2. Pregnant.
  3. (medicine) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
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That's the Chinese equivalent of the old American tale that babies are dropped off by a stork at expectant parents' homes.
She stopped herself when she thought she saw the tiniest hint of a shadow cross David's expectant face.
A story about the birth of quintuplets shouldn't send all expectant couples scurrying to buy 5 cribs.
Children living in hostels have lost weight and expectant mothers are malnourished, the report also found.
When faced with such increases in medical intervention, more expectant mothers are requesting home births.
He was grinning with the expectant air of an ambitious toady as he balanced on his tiptoes.

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