Pregnant

/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ · adjective

Meaning

(chiefly not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
2. (comparable) Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
3. (poetic) Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
4. Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
5. (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
6. (obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
7. A pregnant person.
8. (now rare) Compelling; clear, evident.

Example Sentences

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

I became pregnant in July 2014.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, women got pregnant and spent nine months in suspense before finding out if they were having a boy or a girl. But today? That waiting game is completely outdated, even quaint.

It suggests that pregnant women should be called pregnant people, presumably on the basis that just perhaps there may be a pregnant man somewhere.

a pregnant pause

wherein the pregnant enemy does much

The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.

The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide.

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Word Forms

• more pregnant
• most pregnant
• prægnant
• pregnaunt
• pregnants

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