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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
“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

  • 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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Example Sentences

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It emphasises that only women can be pregnant, for example, and women have specific legal protection during pregnancy.

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Miss Baxter said "people put two and two together and got five" after word spread of her arrest when she was seven months pregnant.

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Though paparazzi captured images of Groome when she was pregnant in 2020, the British actor appears to have avoided that exposure this time around, making Goldie’s arrival a bigger surprise than it might have been.

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Nearly nine in 10 prescriptions in England are already dispensed free of charge, with children, over 60s, pregnant women, people with certain medical conditions and those on lower incomes exempt from paying.

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This continues — while the odor of the lesion may draw other pregnant females to the wound, and secondary bacterial infections can arise — until treatment or the death of the animal.

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