Definitions for expect
ɪkˈspɛktex·pect

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. expect, anticipateverb

   regard something as probable or likely

   "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

2. ask, require, expectverb

   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. expect, look, await, waitverb

   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. expectverb

   consider reasonable or due

   "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

5. expectverb

   look forward to the birth of a child

   "She is expecting in March"

6. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expectverb

   be pregnant with

   "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

Wiktionary(1.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. expectverb

   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).

2. expectverb

   To consider obligatory or required.

3. expectverb

   To consider reasonably due.

   You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.

4. expectverb

   to be pregnant, to consider a baby due

5. expectverb

   To wait for; to await.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To EXPECTverb

   Etymology: expecto, Latin.

   1. To have a previous apprehension of either good or evil.2. To wait for; to attend the coming.

   While, expecting there the queen, he rais’d
   His wond’ring eyes, and round the temple gaz’d. Dryden.

2. To Expectverb

   To wait; to stay.

   Elihu had expected ’till Job had spoken. Job.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Expectverb

   to wait for; to await

2. Expectverb

   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

3. Expectverb

   to wait; to stay

4. Expectnoun

   expectation

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Expect

   Expect, an extension to the Tcl scripting language written by Don Libes, is a program to automate interactions with programs that expose a text terminal interface. Expect is available for Unix, Microsoft Windows, and other systems. It is used to automate control of interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, ssh, and others. Expect uses pseudo terminals or emulates a console, starts the target program, and then communicates with it, just as a human would, via the terminal or console interface. Tk, another Tcl extension, can be used to provide a GUI.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Expect

   eks-pekt′, v.t. to wait for: to look forward to as something about to happen: to anticipate: to hope.—n. (Shak.) expectation.—ns. Expect′ance, Expect′ancy, act or state of expecting: that which is expected: hope.—adj. Expect′ant, looking or waiting for.—n. one who expects: one who is looking or waiting for some benefit or office.—adv. Expect′antly.—ns. Expectā′tion, act or state of expecting: prospect of future good: that which is expected: the ground or qualities for anticipating future benefits or excellence: promise: the value of something expected: (pl.) prospect of fortune or profit by a will; Expectā′tion-week, the period between Ascension Day and Whitsunday—during this time the Apostles continued praying in expectation of the Comforter.—adj. Expect′ative, giving rise to expectation: reversionary.—n. an expectancy.—n. Expect′er (Shak.), one who waits for a person or thing.—adv. Expect′ingly, in a state of expectation. [L. exspectāre, -ātum—ex, out, spectāre, to look, freq. of specĕre, to see.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. expect

   To know what is ethically and morally just is easily achieved in order of priority and succeeds easily, efficiently and effectively.

   The people expect their government to be just, fair, responsible, respectful and working in unity to achieve for the optimum health, unity, human rights, animal rights, right to life and shared prosperity of all people.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'expect' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1022

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'expect' in Written Corpus Frequency: #693

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'expect' in Verbs Frequency: #73

Anagrams for expect »

1. except

How to pronounce expect?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of expect in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of expect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of expect in a Sentence

1. Ric Ronge:

   You're getting more output for a lower price. It's just one issue that's making production a bit stickier than you would expect.

2. Peter Lawrance:

   People expect beer to be bad onboard an aircraft, since they are so used to getting average quality for years, but the range we have puts most bars to shame, jaws usually tend to drop when we serve a spontaneously fermented wild mango-flavored barrel-aged Lambic-style beer.

3. Ussene Isse:

   When you have one case, you have to expect more cases in the community.

4. John Bartley:

   We feel so bad for these people. You don't expect to go on a holiday and not return. We are very adventurous too and we would have definitely gone on that volcano tour. But we had a friend with kids so we decided not to.

5. Chief Executive Ashley Almanza:

   In the current economic environment we expect medium-term demand for our services to grow by around 4-6 percent per annum.

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