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1. (v.t.) expect
to anticipate the occurrence or the coming of:
to expect guests.
2. expect
to consider as reasonable, due, or justified:
We expect obedience.
3. expect
Informal. to suppose; surmise:
I expect you want to rest now.
4. expect
to anticipate the birth of (one's child).
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| Definition of 'expect' |
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1. (verb) expect, anticipate
regard something as probable or likely
"The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
2. (verb) ask, require, expect
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"
3. (verb) expect, look, await, wait
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"
4. (verb) expect
consider reasonable or due
"I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
5. (verb) expect
look forward to the birth of a child
"She is expecting in March"
6. (verb) have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
be pregnant with
"She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
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1. (verb) expect
to think sth will happen
We're expecting a drop in house prices.; Don't expect him to buy you a gift.; It is expected that the population will grow rapidly.
2. expect
be expecting sb/sth
to think sb or sth will arrive
I'm expecting them any minute.; "Will we get paid?" "I expect so".
3. expect
I expect so
to require or insist that sth happens
We expect good behavior from all our students.; I expect employees to be polite at all times.
4. expect
be expecting (a baby)
to be pregnant
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| Definition of 'expect' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) expect
expectation
2. (verb) expect
to wait for; to await
3. (verb) expect
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
4. (verb) expect
to wait; to stay
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Sense: to think of as likely to happen or come
I'm expecting a letter today; We expect her on tomorrow's train.
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 Afrikaans: verwag |
 Arabic: يَتَوَقَّع |
 Bulgarian: надявам се |
 Brazilian: esperar |
 Czech: očekávat |
 German: erwarten |
 Danish: forvente; regne med |
 Greek: προσδοκώ, περιμένω |
 Spanish: esperar |
 Estonian: ootama |
 Farsi: انتظار داشتن |
 Finnish: odottaa |
 French: attendre |
 Hebrew: לְשַעֵר |
 Hindi: आशा रखना |
 Croatian: očekivati |
 Hungarian: vár |
 Indonesian: menunggu |
 Icelandic: búast við |
 Italian: aspettare |
 Japanese: 待ちうける |
 Korean: 기대하다 |
 Lithuanian: laukti |
 Latvian: gaidīt |
 Malay: menunggu |
 Dutch: verwachten |
 Norwegian: (for)vente |
 Polish: spodziewać się |
 Persian: انتظار داشتن |
 Pashto: سترګې لرل (ته)، تمه لرل، |
 Portuguese: esperar |
 Romanian: a (se) aştepta |
 Russian: ожидать |
 Slovak: očakávať |
 Slovenian: pričakovati |
 Serbian: očekivati |
 Swedish: vänta |
 Thai: คาดว่า |
 Turkish: beklemek |
 Taiwanese: 預期 |
 Ukrainian: чекати |
 Urdu: ممکن سمجھنا ، آئندہ قابل |
 Vietnamese: mong chờ |
 Chinese: 期待 |
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