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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