expect
[ ik-spekt ]
/ ɪkˈspɛkt /
verb (used with object)
to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
to look for with reason or justification: We expect obedience.
Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess: I expect that you are tired from the trip.
to anticipate the birth of (one's child): Paul and Sylvia expect their second very soon.
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Idioms for expect
be expecting, to be pregnant: The cat is expecting again.
Origin of expect
SYNONYMS FOR expect
1 Expect, anticipate, hope, await all imply looking to some future event. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. Anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await ( wait for ) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
usage note for expect
3. This sense of expect ( I expect you went with them. I expect you want to leave now. ) is encountered in the speech of educated people but seldom in their writing.
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Here in this rich alluvial plain population might, expectedly, be dense at a very early period.
British Dictionary definitions for expectedly
expect
/ (ɪkˈspɛkt) /
verb (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive)
to regard as probable or likely; anticipatehe expects to win
to look forward to or be waiting forwe expect good news today
to decide that (something) is requisite or necessary; requirethe boss expects us to work late today
See also expecting
Derived forms of expect
expectable, adjectiveexpectably, adverbWord Origin for expect
C16: from Latin exspectāre to watch for, from spectāre to look at
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Idioms and Phrases with expectedly
expect
see when least expected.
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