Sekirov Dictionary

pregnant

/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/

adjective 8
noun 1
forms 3

adjective8

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carrying a baby that is growing inside the body
- I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
- I became pregnant in July 2014.
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(nonstandard) Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
- We are pregnant.
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Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
- wherein the pregnant enemy does much — 1601
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Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
- The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.
(literary) Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
(no longer used) Compelling; clear, evident.
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(no longer used) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- play at subtill games; faire vertues all; To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant — 1602
(no longer used) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.

noun1

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(informal) A pregnant person.
- The Entbundenen, or those already delivered, are separate from those pregnants awaiting their accouchement — 1843

forms

pregnants · more pregnant · most pregnant

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