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expect::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | anticipate |
| Type of | evaluate, pass judgment, judge |
| Has types | hypothecate, guess, opine, assume, hypothesize, hypothesise, theorize, think, trust, imagine, presume, reckon, conjecture, believe, speculate, suppose, take for granted, theorise |
| Verb group | await, wait, look |
| Derivation | expectant, expectation |
The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow.
expect::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | await, look, wait |
| Has types | look forward, anticipate, look to, hang on, hold on, hold the line, look for |
| Verb group | anticipate |
| Derivation | expectancy, expectation, expectant |
We were expecting a visit from our relatives.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
| Type of | bear, birth, give birth, have, deliver |
| Verb group | give birth, bear, have, birth, deliver |
| Derivation | expectation, expectant |
The are expecting another child in January.
Examples of expect
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I didn't expect the Cardinals to make a dramatic, expensive move for bench help.
From the stltoday.com
Service is now back up to snuff, so expect to see higher fares sometime in 2011.
From the stltoday.com
I expect another name to be introduced to the mix within the next several weeks.
From the stltoday.com
Overall 9% more of them expect to be adding staff than expect to be reducing it.
From the forbes.com
We might expect more of a show that has been in the works for almost nine years.
From the bloomberg.com
About a third say it will stay the same, 39 percent expect their care to worsen.
From the washingtontimes.com
We would actually expect these flows to drive the interest rates in Mexico down.
From the forbes.com
The companies expect the transaction to close during the second quarter of 2011.
From the bloomberg.com
Travelers should expect delays and some cancellations, Amtrak said in a release.
From the bloomberg.com
- Regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
- Ask: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- Look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
- Consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
- Look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
- Have a bun in the oven: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
- Expect is a Unix automation and testing tool, written by Don Libes as an extension to the Tcl scripting language, for interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, ssh, and others. ...
- (Expecting (Angel)) "Expecting" is episode 12 of season 1 in the television show Angel. Written by Howard Gordon and directed by David Semel, it was originally broadcast on January 25, 2000 on the WB network. ...
- To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, ...
