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verb (used with object)
Idiom1.
to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
2.
to look for with reason or justification: We expect obedience.
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Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess: I expect that you are tired from the trip.
4.
to anticipate the birth of (one's child): Paul and Sylvia expect their second very soon.
5.
be expecting, to be pregnant: The cat is expecting again.
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Expects
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1550–60; < Latin ex(s)pectāre to look out for, await, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + spectāre to look at, frequentative of specere; see spectacle
1550–60; < Latin ex(s)pectāre to look out for, await, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + spectāre to look at, frequentative of specere; see spectacle
Related forms
ex·pect·a·ble, adjective
ex·pect·a·bly, adverb
ex·pect·ed·ly, adverb
ex·pect·ed·ness, noun
ex·pect·er, noun
EXPANDex·pect·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·ex·pect, verb
pre·ex·pect, verb (used with object)
un·ex·pect·a·ble, adjective
un·ex·pect·a·b·ly, adverb
un·ex·pect·ing, adjective
un·ex·pect·ing·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. Expect, anticipate, hope, await all imply looking to some future event. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. Anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
1. Expect, anticipate, hope, await all imply looking to some future event. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. Anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Usage note
3. This sense of expect (I expect you went with them. I expect you want to leave now.) is encountered in the speech of educated people but seldom in their writing.
3. This sense of expect (I expect you went with them. I expect you want to leave now.) is encountered in the speech of educated people but seldom in their writing.
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Word Origin & History
expect
1560s, "wait, defer action," from L. expectare "await, hope," from ex- "thoroughly" + spectare "to look," freq. of specere "to look at" (see scope (1)). Figurative sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin, attested in English from c.1600. Used since 1817 as
EXPANDa euphemism for "be pregnant." Related: Expected; expecting.
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