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pregnant

1

[ preg-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.
  2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usually followed by with ):

    a silence pregnant with suspense.

  3. teeming or fertile; rich (often followed by in ):

    a mind pregnant in ideas.

  4. full of meaning; highly significant:

    a pregnant utterance.

  5. of great importance or potential; momentous:

    a pregnant moment in the history of the world.



pregnant

2

[ preg-nuhnt ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. convincing; cogent:

    a pregnant argument.

pregnant

/ ˈɛɡəԳ /

adjective

  1. carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
  2. full of meaning or significance
  3. inventive or imaginative
  4. prolific or fruitful
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲵲ԲԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • nԳ· adverb
  • nԳ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pregnant1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praegnant- (stem of 𲵲Բ ), variant of 𲵲, equivalent to prae- pre- + *- (akin to ( g ) ٳܲ born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nominative singular ending

Origin of pregnant2

1350–1400; Middle English preignant < Old French, present participle of preindre, earlier priembre to press 1 < Latin premere. print
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pregnant1

C16: from Latin 𲵲Բ with child, from prae before + ( g ) Բī to be born
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She said that when she got pregnant with Victoria, she and Gordon had at first planned to move abroad but her family intervened.

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In a post on social media, Mayor Klitschko wrote that six children and a pregnant woman were among those injured.

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With the medical exceptions better defined, lawmakers hope to ease physicians' hesitations in performing life-saving abortions and better protect the lives of pregnant people.

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Many of the women arrested on Monday were pregnant and others had recently given birth.

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Promoting infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles to pregnant women or mothers can lead to up to three years in jail or a 5,000-rupee fine.

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