Definition of pregnant
1 archaic : cogent
2 : abounding in fancy, wit, or resourcefulness : inventive all this has been said … by great and pregnant artists — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
3 : rich in significance or implication the pregnant phrases of the Bible — Edmund Wilson a pregnant pause
4 : containing a developing embryo, fetus, or unborn offspring within the body : gravid
5 : having possibilities of development or consequence : involving important issues : momentous draw inspiration from the heroic achievements of that pregnant age — Kemp Malone
6 obsolete : inclined, disposed your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear — William Shakespeare
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Examples of pregnant in a Sentence
She got pregnant soon after her marriage.
There was a pregnant pause before the winner was announced.
Recent Examples of pregnant from the Web
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Doctors there have canceled vacations; pregnant women close to their due dates are being told to leave to avoid getting stuck, according to local reports.
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The report notes that about three-quarters of pregnant women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, now have access to medicines to prevent them from passing it to their babies.
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In this ghoulish massacre, witnesses reported crushed babies, disembowelled pregnant women and the burning of entire families.
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Head Start and Early Head Start are geared to low-income children and families, and serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families.
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The male suspect, who was later identified as Raybon, threw the injured pregnant female in the creek.
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Patients with suicidal thoughts, dementia, psychosis and late-stage AIDS were not eligible to participate, nor were pregnant and postpartum women.
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His wife, the documentary filmmaker and activist Yasmine Johnson, runs the Alliance of Moms, a nonprofit focused on serving pregnant and parenting teens in L.A.’s overwhelmed foster care system.
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So are infants whose mothers smoked while pregnant or are exposed to cigarette smoke in the home.
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Origin and Etymology of pregnant
Middle English, from Latin praegnant-, praegnans carrying a fetus, alteration of praegnas, from prae- pre- + -gnas (akin to gignere to give birth to) — more at kin
PREGNANT Defined for English Language Learners
pregnant
playDefinition of pregnant for English Language Learners
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of a woman or female animal : having a baby or babies developing inside the body
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: filled with meaning or emotion because of what is going to happen or be said
PREGNANT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of pregnant for Students
1 : carrying one or more unborn offspring in the body
2 : full of meaning There was a pregnant pause before the announcement.
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