expect
Meaning of expect
verb
- regard (something) as likely to happen.
it's as well to expect the worst
the hearing is expected to last a week
one might expect that Hollywood would adjust its approach
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘defer action, wait’): from Latin exspectare ‘look out for’, from ex- ‘out’ + spectare ‘to look’ (frequentative of specere ‘see’).
Information about expect
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of expect is: expects.
- Languages in which expect is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of expect
ex-pect
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- expect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
expect synonyms
Meaning anticipate:
Meaning ask:
Meaning look:
Meaning have a bun in the oven:
Meaning look thoughtfully for a long time at:
Meaning say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something:
Meaning predict or estimate (a future event or trend):
Meaning be aware of beforehand; predict:
Meaning say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future:
Meaning contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event:
Meaning imagine as a future possibility; visualize:
Translation of expect
- Spanish: esperar
- Portuguese: esperar
- German: erwarten, ausgehen
- Italian: aspettare, aspettarsi, richiedere, attendersi
- French: escompter
Anagrams of expect
Words that rhyme with expect
lomapect, lenopect, aspect, circumspect, conspect, corespect, despect, disrespect, extrospect, incircumspect, inspect, insuspect, introspect, noncircumspect, nonprospect, nonsuspect, overcircumspect, preinspect, presuspect, prospect, reinspect, respect, resuspect, retrospect, spect, suspect, uncircumspect, underprospect, unrespect, unsuspect, overexpect, preexpect, unexpect
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