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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

/ ˈprɛɡnənt /

adjective

  1. carrying a fetus or fetuses within the womb
  2. full of meaning or significance
  3. inventive or imaginative
  4. prolific or fruitful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈpregnantly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • pregnant·ly adverb
  • pregnant·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pregnant1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin praegnant- (stem of praegnāns ), variant of praegnās, equivalent to prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to ( g ) nātus 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 praegnāns with child, from prae before + ( g ) nascī to be born
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Example Sentences

The next year, she created her first hypnobirthing program for her pregnant daughter, Maura.

She was 16 when she found out she was pregnant after having sex for the first time.

Just in the past few days, the WHO has flip-flopped between not recommending pregnant people get the vaccine to fully supporting them in receiving the inoculation.

To boot, a survey of 20,000 mothers and pregnant women in June last year by the advocacy group Pregnant Then Screwed highlighted that 15% were made or being made redundant, with 46% of those naming lack of childcare as a factor.

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However, the pandemic, with its increased risks to pregnant women, seems poised to derail these trends.

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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

I was pregnant, uncomfortably so, for the first time and with twins, due the following March.

Helicopters lifted pregnant women and children to safety first.

He beat me every day, even when I was seven months pregnant.

A dark minivan quickly fills with pregnant women and those carrying infants.

And this fact seemed pregnant with evidence as to Gordon's state of mind; it did not appear to simplify the situation.

The situation was too pregnant with tragedy for him to run away and leave the pair to deal with it as best they could.

Abraham, who was fond of travelling, went into the horrible desert of Kadesh with his pregnant wife, ever young and ever pretty.

The Trades Union movement is one pregnant with promise for the future.

Its influence was most positive, and pregnant with good at that critical period between school and manhood.

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