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expect

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ik-ˈspekt\
    • /ɪkˈspekt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ik-ˈspekt\

Definitions of expect word

  • noun expect Regard (something) as likely to happen. 1
  • transitive verb expect anticipate sth 1
  • transitive verb expect with clause: anticipate 1
  • transitive verb expect with clause: suppose, speculate 1
  • transitive verb expect wait for sth, sb to arrive 1
  • transitive verb expect require, demand sth 1
See all 28 definitions of expect

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Parts of speech for Expect

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Expect

expect popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for expect

verb expect

  • imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
  • suppose — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
  • guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
  • think — to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).
  • assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
All 44 Synonyms of expect

Antonyms for expect

verb expect

  • disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
All 6 Antonyms of expect

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