to expect
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1.0
- verb
- /ɪkˈspɛkt/
:
esperar
- And, Helen, I expect to see you at the party on Saturday.
- reasonable to expect
- expect to find
- reasonably expect
And your daughter is, as the title would have you expect, Taken.
- And your daughter is, as the title would have you expect, Taken.
- It is what you'd expect and it's good.
- There's no way that you could expect to get the answer right.
- Now, let me tell you what to expect when you do.
- And so I'm not expecting him to be perfect.
- And it's just whatever you're expecting to hear, you hear.
- I was like, screw what people expect, screw what people think.
- What kind of stories can I expect from the book?
Examples
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I expect to receive the package by Monday.
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What kind of stories can I expect from the book?
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Now, let me tell you what to expect when you do.
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Let us say together I expect to live my dream.
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What time do you expect them?
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So it's reasonable to expect this to happen.
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I was expecting you around midnight.
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We expect to be back on the grid in a couple of hours.
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I've let them know to expect you.
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I expect too much.
Synonyms
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1.4
Feel happy and excited about something that will happen
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3.2
To wait for something with hope or excitement
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1.0
To expect something to happen with confidence
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3.6
To feel excited or nervous about something that will happen
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3.9
To know or expect something before it happens
To know something before it happens
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Expect comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and spectare 'to look', the same root you see in inspect. So to expect something is to 'look out for' it or think it will happen.