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Meaning of pregnant construction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright)

archaic, rhetoric

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pregnant denial pregnant parenthesis pregnant pause pregnant woman Pregnantly pregnantness

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