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| preg·nant [ prégnənt ] |
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1. carrying offspring within body: carrying unborn offspring inside the body
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2. significant: full of meaning or importance
 After a pregnant pause, the general began briefing the media on the surprise attack.
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3. full of something: pervaded by something, usually something intangible
The tense, quiet operations center was pregnant with anxiety and dread.
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4. creative: full of creative power
the child's pregnant imagination
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5. productive: producing a lot of useful results
It was a pregnant endeavor, yielding much experience, information, and help.
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| [15th century. Directly or via French preignant< Latin praegnant-, alteration of praegnat-, probably < prae- "before" + gnatus "born"] |
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| preg·nant·ly adverb |
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