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Adjective expected has 3 senses
- expected - considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"
Antonyms: unexpected, unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue, unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of, unprovided for, upset
- expected - looked forward to as probable
Antonym: surprising (indirect, via unsurprising)
- expected, likely, potential - expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"; "expected income"
Antonym: retrospective (indirect, via prospective)
Verb expect has 6 senses
- expect, anticipate - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
--1 is one way to judge
Sample sentence:
They expect to move
- ask, require, expect - 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"
--2 is one way to demand
Sample sentence:
They expect him to write the letter
- expect, look, await, 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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- expect - consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
--4 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
--5 is one way to give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- expect - look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
--6 is one way to expect, look, await, wait
Sample sentence:
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