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Definitions for expected
ex·pect·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. expectedadjective

    considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

    "prepared for the expected attack"

Wiktionary

  1. expectedadjective

    Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

    The expected storm never arrived.

ChatGPT

  1. expected

    Expected generally refers to something that is considered likely or certain to happen, occur or be achieved. It's a belief or anticipation regardings a future event or outcome, potentially based on patterns, past experiences, assumptions or calculations. This term is often used in various contexts, including mathematics (expected value), computing, business and daily life.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Expected

    of Expect

Editors Contribution

  1. expectedverb

    Verb form of the word expect.

    They expected justice and truth and they got it.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'expected' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #631

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'expected' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1849

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'expected' in Adjectives Frequency: #577

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of expected in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of expected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of expected in a Sentence

  1. Carlos Melville:

    We believe that alternative investments can complement a client's traditional equity and bond allocations by offering the potential for diversification, stability and positive expected returns over a complete market cycle.

  2. Lawrence Yun:

    The market's outlook is encouraging, supply is expected to improve, which will give buyers more options and help tamp down record-high asking prices for existing homes.

  3. Erika Fleury:

    Attacks from any privately-owned primate in captivity should be expected because these animals are not living healthy lives where they can express their natural urges and engage in natural behaviors.

  4. Donald Blakeslee:

    A single community of 20,000 people was not something that any of us expected, it’s a completely different view of everything.

  5. Mark Mueller:

    Conditions are slick, the storm honestly just moved in quicker than anybody expected.

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