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[ US /ɪkˈspɛkt/ ]
[ UK /ɛkspˈɛkt/ ]
VERB
  1. be pregnant with
    She is bearing his child
    The are expecting another child in January
    I am carrying his child
  2. look forward to the probable occurrence of
    She is looking to a promotion
    We were expecting a visit from our relatives
    he is waiting to be drafted
  3. regard something as probable or likely
    The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
  4. consider obligatory; request and expect
    I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
    Aren't we asking too much of these children?
    We require our secretary to be on time
  5. consider reasonable or due
    I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed
  6. look forward to the birth of a child
    She is expecting in March
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How To Use expect In A Sentence

  • Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
  • It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
  • You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.
  • The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub. The Sun
  • I barken back to the rogue Taken Howler, the dead unexpectedly alive and inimical. Shadow Games
  • The carbonation is a little heavier than what I normally expect in a stout, but not unpleasantly so. Miasmatic Review
  • A lot of teachers expect the situation to worsen over the next few years.
  • It's a bit unexpected not to include any measures of syntactic complexity - even something as simple as mean sentence length.
  • They men weren't bored, as they'd expected, and were usually the heartiest laughers.
  • The cash raising was not unexpected and allows a few more shareholders on board. Times, Sunday Times
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