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expect English

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expect Verb

— When you expect something you anticipate it. I expect a letter in the mail from my friend today. — When you learn that you conceived a baby, it is said that you are expecting. My sister is married just one week, and she tells me she is expecting.

expect

— verb regard something as probable or likely The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow — verb (= ask, require) 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 — verb (= look, wait) 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 — verb consider reasonable or due I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed — verb look forward to the birth of a child She is expecting in March — verb (= bear, carry) be pregnant with She is bearing his child The are expecting another child in January I am carrying his child

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anticipate hope wait await wait for look forward to think abide hope for suppose surmise predict wish imagine foresee forecast estimate desire require intend guess want look consider believe assume ask wish for trust rely on reckon presume look out for look forward look for expectation demand conjecture carry aim yearn watch suspect request plan opine look to long for long hint at

Topics expect topics

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Language and thought Think

Expect
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Intend

Conjugation expect conjugation

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expect · verb

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Simple sentences

I expect your help.
I expect you all to do your best.
I didn't expect it to cost so much.
I didn't expect that Tom would fall in love with Mary.
I don't expect you to remember.
We didn't expect them to buy a new car.
We do know what to expect.
That's the last thing I'd expect from Tom.
Did you expect Tom to do that?
I did not expect something like that.
I didn't expect something like that.
I expect to see her again next summer.
I didn't expect at all that you would come.
I didn't expect them to visit us.
One can't expect everything from schools.
You can't expect me to always think of everything!
Don't expect others to think for you!
Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
I don't expect anything from you.
We have to expect the worst.
You cannot expect much of him.
I expect you to be punctual.
I expect you know all about it.
I didn't expect such a nice present from you.
I didn't expect you to get here so soon.
If you study earnestly, you can expect to pass the exam.

Movie subtitles

What do you expect to do?
These discoveries are exciting, but don't expect to be contacting extraterrestrial life on these planets any time soon.
I didn't ever expect that that would be a possibility on this show, and every day that I'm here, I feel like I'm an idiot for staying, that I am gonna end up like Tommy.
I didn't expect no one would come to claim any of them, seriously.
As you can see, the Wadsworths expect the highest standards.
I got away with heading the conga line at Margaret's wedding, but I think nuns will expect a slightly more decorous father-daughter dance.
I don't expect any of this to end well.
Mr. Wyatt will expect you to be on time.
You expect me to believe that?
They'd never expect us to meet in the same place twice.
I'll expect you out now.
Under control. I'd expect nothing less.
You'll have to expect almost ten days of extreme conditions, against forces we can't predict.
I expect you tomorrow exactly at 10 AM.
At a wavelength of 21 cm we could expect more radiation than at all the other wavelengths around it.
You can't expect a Muslim to follow an infidel.
After all these years, you didn't expect anything else?
You're everything I'd expect of the cyborg who saved the world from nuclear winter.
And what reward do you expect from God?
Expect me to believe that?
I'm doing a lot for you, Rico, but when I get you planted I'll expect plenty of service.
But what do you expect?
I don't mean to be rude, but that's the sort of thing I'd expect one of the patients here to say.
Where else did you expect him to be?
Do you expect perfection at once?
You couldn't expect a moustache to go around by itself.
What do you expect them to call you?
What do you expect when he's called such names?
All the kids expect me to solve their problems like that, but all of these things take time.
I didn't expect him not to do so.
It's a fact, what do you expect me to do?
If a government official like Itakura were to come here and get involved you can expect he won't treat this as a mere quarrel case.
I didn't expect you back.
What'd you expect?
What do you expect me to do?
I didn't expect you to agree with me.
I didn't expect to find you here, sir.
I expect a man in your position. to observe certain traditions.
YOU DON'T EXPECT ME TO HIDE IT FOR YOU?
What do you expect for all of this?

News and current affairs

It is too much to expect that these new fiscal institutions will become as important or powerful as central banks, at least anytime soon.
Conventional theory suggests that a single country (or group of countries) consolidating its finances can expect lower interest rates, a weaker currency, and an improved trade position.
Above all, we need to show patience with the new governments of the countries we hope to see evolving toward democracy, and avoid the tendency to expect instant gratification.
Put a Texas oilman and his buddies in charge and what do you expect, conservation?
An already bad situation marked by deadlock and vitriol is likely to worsen, and the world should not expect much leadership from a bitterly divided United States.
So we expect a substantial depreciation premium on US interest rates.
These wealthy groups and individuals gave billions of dollars to the candidates in the recent election campaign, and they expect their contributions to yield benefits.
With the US no longer viewed as a supplier of high-quality financial assets, one would expect the dollar to have weakened.
MILAN - At the end of this month, Italian voters will choose their next government, from which they expect jobs and a more level economic playing field - and from which Italy's European partners expect structural reforms and fiscal probity.
On both issues, expect a serious tug-of-war, and any decisions are likely to be half-hearted, or in practice postponed.
These scientists are engaged in excellent, painstaking work that establishes exactly what the world should expect from climate change.
It is more realistic to expect that the new Arab elites will make use of their states' authoritarian institutions, both to overcome resistance to their economic agendas and to consolidate their newly acquired power.
People feel safest investing in their homes, and there is little reason to expect imminent change.
During that interregnum, we should expect deadlock, anarchy, or civil war.
One-man rule has been so completely embedded in North Korea's political culture and system that it is difficult to expect collective leadership to succeed.
How can you possibly expect a country such as, say, France to accept being voted down by its EU partners on vital foreign and security policy issues?
How can the US expect China to follow rules on maritime delimitation in the East and South China Seas when it refuses to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea?
Most observers expect a one-step process for bipartisan agreement before August 2.
Or interest rates could rise if people expect a much weaker global economy - and, in a weaker global economy with no inflation, investors should be holding more US Treasuries, not fewer.
The dramatic weakening of the US dollar may help America to narrow its massive trade deficit, but we should not expect any sustained improvement without drastic changes in American management.
Although these criticisms don't seem to bother the electorate very much, Park's path to victory may yet prove narrower than her supporters expect.
The best one can expect is that India continues to act at the margin - for example, by reducing dependence on Iranian oil while increasing imports from Saudi Arabia, already its largest supplier of crude.
But is it realistic to expect a rally from a currency that has been under siege since its birth?

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