as in pregnant
containing unborn young within the body
the special nutritional needs of expecting women
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as in anticipating
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
we expect their arrival late this afternoon
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Recent Examples of expecting
Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
García-Hernández, a married father of four who was expecting a fifth child with his wife Stephanny Gauffeny, was 32 years old.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
García-Hernández leaves behind four young children and his wife, who is expecting their fifth child.
—Michael Dorgan , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Bermuda is also expecting impacts from the storms.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But don’t come expecting an Olive Garden-like experience.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The sweet clip depicted the couple surprising their two sons, Tex Lawrence (born in 2022) and Beau Lee (born in 2023), with the news that the couple is expecting a new addition to their family.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
As the fall season starts, the National Weather Service in Louisville is expecting daily rain and below-normal temperatures for the Louisville metro area.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Smaller producers are also expecting sharper increases in gas output.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The shutdown means the Fed will be partially flying blind with investors expecting the central bank's second rate cut of the year later this month and another decrease in December.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
García-Hernández, a married father of four who was expecting a fifth child with his wife Stephanny Gauffeny, was 32 years old.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
García-Hernández leaves behind four young children and his wife, who is expecting their fifth child.
—Michael Dorgan , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Bermuda is also expecting impacts from the storms.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But don’t come expecting an Olive Garden-like experience.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The sweet clip depicted the couple surprising their two sons, Tex Lawrence (born in 2022) and Beau Lee (born in 2023), with the news that the couple is expecting a new addition to their family.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
As the fall season starts, the National Weather Service in Louisville is expecting daily rain and below-normal temperatures for the Louisville metro area.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Smaller producers are also expecting sharper increases in gas output.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expecting
Adjective
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Later that year, Newton was accused of placing his knee into the back of a 25-year-old woman who was nine months pregnant during an arrest.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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But soon after bagging six kittens and beating them against the trunk of a tree, their mothers become pregnant again.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Another patron, anticipating his wife’s arrival, brought a couple of bottles of wine in a paper bag and handed them to the bar’s front man, Tracy Westmoreland, who looked unfazed.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The 29-year-old father, who was anticipating the birth of a baby girl, spent four days at the Duval County Jail before being extradited to Polk County.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Officials were previously awaiting toxicology results to determine whether the woman had been poisoned.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Oct. 2025
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On numerous occasions while awaiting decisions on his postconviction motions, Avery has mailed letters to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the state Supreme Court without attorney approval, asking for speedier decisions.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Expecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expecting. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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