expect
verb (used with object)
to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of.
will have been expecting
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future perfect progressiveof expect.future perfect progressive
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
Example Sentences
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Dear Toby, I daresay you will have been expecting for some time to hear from me, and it is quite true I owe you a letter.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various
"No doubt you will have been expecting to hear from me, Miss Graniger?"
From Capricious Caroline by Effie Adelaide Rowlands
They will have been expecting us for some time.
From Christmas Tree Land by Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth
