pregnant

Topic: BIRTH

Date:	1400-1500
Language:	Latin
Origin:	praegnans, from praegnas, from prae- ( PRE-) + gnatus 'born'

pregnant
adjective

preg‧nant S3 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

1MB if a woman or female animal is pregnant, she has an unborn baby growing inside her body [↪ pregnancy]:

medical care for pregnant women

I knew right away that I was pregnant.

I thought I was too old to get pregnant.

twenty weeks/three months etc pregnant

She's about five months pregnant.

pregnant with

Maria was pregnant with her second child.

I didn't mean to get her pregnant (=make her pregnant).

His wife was heavily pregnant (=almost ready to give birth).

a pause or silence which is full of meaning or emotion:

He stopped, and there was a pregnant pause.

formal containing a lot of a quality:

Every phrase in this poem is pregnant with meaning.

Definition of pregnant from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic BIRTH