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pregnant

  • adjective
  • preg·nant
  • /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/

Carrying developing offspring within the body.

Example

“I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!”

Other meanings

  1. Of a couple: expecting a baby together.

  2. Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.

    “a pregnant pause”

Word history

From Latin "praegnāns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pregnant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.