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Pregnant: Definition, Usage & Synonyms (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：carrying a child (pregnant)

pregnant 🔊

/ˈpreɡnənt/

adj.

When a woman or female animal has a baby growing inside her body.

Pregnant woman illustration: smiling mother gently touching her baby bump in warm sunlight.

carrying a child 🔊

➕

/ˈkær.i.ɪŋ ə tʃaɪld/

adj.

The state of having an unborn child developing in the womb.

📁 Category：Physical & Mental Health 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'praegnans', meaning 'before birth' (prae- 'before' + -gnasci 'to be born').

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'pre' (before) and 'gnant' (sounds like 'nant' in 'infant'). 'Before an infant' means expecting a baby.

📖 Example

She shared the happy news that she is pregnant with her first child. 🔊 She shared the happy news that she is pregnant with her first child.

🔗 Collocations

pregnant woman – a woman who is carrying an unborn child

get pregnant – to conceive a child

pregnant with – carrying a specific number or type of child (e.g., twins)

🔄 Synonyms

expectant (adj.) – used to describe a woman who is pregnant

🚫 Antonyms

non-pregnant (adj.) – not carrying an unborn child

🌱 Derivatives

pregnancy (n.) – the state or period of being pregnant

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'pregnant' originates from the Latin 'praegnans'. Its figurative meaning, 'full of significance', emerged in English by the 16th century, extending the idea of 'carrying something before birth' to abstract concepts like ideas or moments filled with potential.

Meaning 2：filled with (pregnant)

pregnant 🔊

/ˈpreɡnənt/

adj.

Full of something, like ideas or possibilities, and waiting to be expressed or revealed.

filled with 🔊

➕

/fɪld wɪð/

adj.

Containing or rich in a particular quality or element; full of significance.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Advanced

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The film director’s brief pause was pregnant with creative tension, making everyone in the room anticipate his next words. 🔊 The film director’s brief pause was pregnant with creative tension, making everyone in the room anticipate his next words.

🔗 Collocations

pregnant pause – a silence full of unexpressed meaning or emotion

pregnant with meaning – having great significance or implication

pregnant moment – a moment full of potential consequence

🔄 Synonyms

teeming (adj.) – abundantly filled with something

fraught (adj.) – filled with a specified element, often something undesirable like tension

🚫 Antonyms

empty (adj.) – containing nothing

devoid of () – completely lacking in