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expectant

 
 
/ɪkˈspektənt/ adjective

Translation

thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen
heyecanla bekleyen/uman, bekleyiş içinde olan
the children's expectant faces21281115
an expectant mother/father, etc someone who is going to have a baby soon
çocuk bekleyen anne/baba
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expectantly adverb
beklentisi olarak
They looked at me expectantly.
(Definition of expectant adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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