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Expect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Expect? [v] be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [v] look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March" [v] consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" [v] regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" [v] 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" [v] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Expect: anticipate \| ask \| bear \| carry \| gestate \| require Related Terms \| Find terms related to Expect: account as \| anticipate \| apprehend \| approach \| aspire to \| assume \| await \| bank on \| be afraid \| be destined \| be fated \| be imminent \| be to be \| be to come \| believe \| come \| come on \| conceive \| conclude \| confide \| conjecture \| consider \| contemplate \| count \| count on \| daresay \| deduce \| deem \| demand \| desire \| divine \| draw near \| draw on \| dread \| dream \| envisage \| envision \| esteem \| estimate \| face \| fancy \| feel \| feel confident \| foreknow \| foresee \| foretell \| gather \| grant \| guess \| harbor the hope \| have a hunch \| have an idea \| have an impression \| have an inkling \| have in mind \| have in view \| have the idea \| hold \| hold as \| hope \| hope against hope \| hope and pray \| hope for \| hope in \| hope to God \| imagine \| infer \| judge \| keep in view \| lean upon \| let \| let be \| lie ahead \| live in hopes \| look \| look for \| look forward to \| look upon as \| loom \| maintain \| near \| need \| nurture the hope \| opine \| plan \| plot \| predict \| prefigure \| presume \| presuppose \| presurmise \| project \| prophesy \| provisionally accept \| reckon \| reckon on \| regard \| rely on \| repute \| require \| rest assured \| say \| sense \| set down as \| suppose \| surmise \| suspect \| take \| take for \| take for granted \| take it \| take to be \| think \| threaten \| trow \| trust \| understand \| view as \| wait for \| want \| ween \| wish See Also \| assume \| await \| believe \| call \| conceive \| conjecture \| consider \| demand \| guess \| hang on \| hold on \| hold the line \| hypothecate \| hypothesise \| hypothesize \| imagine \| judge \| look \| look for \| look forward \| look to \| opine \| presume \| reckon \| regard \| see \| speculate \| suppose \| take for granted \| theorise \| theorize \| think \| trust \| view \| wait Expect In Webster's Dictionary \Expect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expecting}.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See {Spectacle}.] 1. To wait for; to await. [Obs.] Let's in, and there expect their coming. --Shak. 2. 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. ``Good: I will expect you.'' --Shak. ``Expecting thy reply.'' --Shak. The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day. --Macaulay. Syn: To anticipate; look for; await; hope. Usage: To {Expect}, {Think}, {Believe}, {Await}. Expect is a mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he expects to survive. Think and believe have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future; as I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See {Anticipate}. \Expect"\, v. t. To wait; to stay. [Obs.] --Sandys. \Ex*pect"\, n. Expectation. [Obs.] --Shak.

Expect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expect?

[v] be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
[v] look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
[v] consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
[v] regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
[v] 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"
[v] 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"

Expect In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Expecting}.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await,
expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See {Spectacle}.]
1. To wait for; to await. [Obs.]

         Let's in, and there expect their coming. --Shak.

2. 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. ``Good: I will
   expect you.'' --Shak. ``Expecting thy reply.'' --Shak.

         The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was
         expected to arrive on the following day. --Macaulay.

Syn: To anticipate; look for; await; hope.

Usage: To {Expect}, {Think}, {Believe}, {Await}. Expect is a
       mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to
       some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he
       expects to survive. Think and believe have reference
       to the past and present, as well as to the future; as
       I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home
       yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a
       not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of
       the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect
       he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is
       a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it
       comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may,
       or may not, interest us personally. See {Anticipate}.


\Ex*pect"\, v. t.
To wait; to stay. [Obs.] --Sandys.


\Ex*pect"\, n.
Expectation. [Obs.] --Shak.

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