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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 51Թ Forms

  • nԳ· adverb
  • nԳ·Ա noun
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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His sister had always been part of his life, and he was "absolutely certain" that one of his first memories was of his mother being pregnant.

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In hours of police interviews, Sharkey explained how in the summer of 1998 she had become pregnant for a second time.

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She had not seen them since Daniel became pregnant with the youngest in the spring of 2021.

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The court heard how she became pregnant in the summer of 1997, while she was suffering from undiagnosed post-natal depression following the birth of Matthew the previous year.

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He also said a woman who was heavily pregnant with twins was missing along with her husband, her sister, and her three children.

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