pregnant
//ˈpɹɛɡnənt//
Forms
- Comparative
- more pregnant
- Superlative
- most pregnant
- Plural
- pregnants
Definitions
1.Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- I became pregnant in July 2014.
- I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
- It suggests that pregnant women should be called pregnant people, presumably on the basis that just perhaps there may be a pregnant man somewhere.
2.Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
- The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.
3.Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
- Is she pregnant or just fat?
4.Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
- The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.
1.A pregnant person.(colloquial)
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2324
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”).