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pregnant
1[ preg-nuhnt ]
adjective
- having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.
- fraught, filled, or abounding (usually followed by with ):
a silence pregnant with suspense.
- teeming or fertile; rich (often followed by in ):
a mind pregnant in ideas.
- full of meaning; highly significant:
a pregnant utterance.
- of great importance or potential; momentous:
a pregnant moment in the history of the world.
pregnant
2[ preg-nuhnt ]
adjective
- convincing; cogent:
a pregnant argument.
pregnant
/ ˈɛɡəԳ /
adjective
- carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
- full of meaning or significance
- inventive or imaginative
- prolific or fruitful
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- nԳ· adverb
- nԳ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pregnant1
Example Sentences
She said that when she got pregnant with Victoria, she and Gordon had at first planned to move abroad but her family intervened.
In a post on social media, Mayor Klitschko wrote that six children and a pregnant woman were among those injured.
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.
Many of the women arrested on Monday were pregnant and others had recently given birth.
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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