expect
//ɪkˈspɛkt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- expect
- past (v2)
- expected
- past participle (v3)
- expected
- present participle
- expecting
- 3rd person singular
- expects
Definitions
1.To predict or believe that something will happen
- And temperatures are expected to keep rising.
- The hostage is expected to be released later today.
- I expect it'll rain this weekend, but I hope it won't.
2.To consider obligatory or required.
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
3.To consider reasonably due.
- My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.
- You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.
4.To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
- We are expecting our third in June.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #426
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Word family
Etymology
From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”)
From ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).