Definitions for expected
ex·pect·ed

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1. expectedadjective

   considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

   "prepared for the expected attack"

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1. expectedadjective

   Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

   The expected storm never arrived.

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1. Expected

   of Expect

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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

Anagrams for expected »

1. excepted

How to pronounce expected?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say expected in sign language?

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. Tim Bale:

   There was a real feeling among Veteran MPs that Veteran MPs no longer mattered, the decisions were being made by a small group of people in Downing Street and Veteran MPs were simply expected to shut up, fall in line and defend the government no matter what.

2. Montchai Noosong:

   The partnership conclusion has been postponed slightly and we expected it to be by the end of this year.

3. The Labor Department:

   The healthcare and social assistance major sector is expected to become the largest employing major sector during the projections decade, overtaking the state and local government major sector and the professional and business services major sector.

4. Samira Asma:

   Excess mortality is the difference between the number of deaths that have been recorded and those that would be expected in the absence of the pandemic.

5. Robert Pickel Jr.:

   If oil didn't drop to $40 a barrel, we would be making 35,000 tank cars this year and next, most people expected that number to continue for another five years, but, right now, I am not sure that it holds up.

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