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Meaning of 'expect' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expect [ n.]
- Expectation.
2 . Expect [ v. t.]
- To wait for; to await.
- 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, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
- To wait; to stay.

Meaning of 'expect' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expect [ v]
Meaning (1):
- consider obligatory; request and expect
Example in sentence:
  • Aren't we asking too much of these children?;
  • I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons;
  • We require our secretary to be on time
Meaning (2):
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
Example in sentence:
  • he is waiting to be drafted;
  • She is looking to a promotion;
  • We were expecting a visit from our relatives
Meaning (3):
- be pregnant with
Example in sentence:
  • I am carrying his child;
  • She is bearing his child;
  • The are expecting another child in January
Meaning (4):
- consider reasonable or due
Example in sentence:
  • I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed
Meaning (5):
- look forward to the birth of a child
Example in sentence:
  • She is expecting in March
Meaning (6):
- regard something as probable or likely
Example in sentence:
  • The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow

Nearby Words:

expand expanded expander expanding expanse expansibility expansible expansile expansion expansive

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