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Definition of Expect

  • 1. Regard something as probable or likely Verb
  • 2. Consider obligatory; request and expect Verb
  • 3. Look forward to the probable occurrence of Verb
  • 4. Consider reasonable or due Verb
  • 5. Look forward to the birth of a child Verb
  • 6. Be pregnant with Verb

Synonyms for word "expect"

  • bear
  • carry
  • gestate
  • have a bun in the oven
  • anticipate
  • await
  • look
  • wait
  • ask
  • require

Semanticaly linked words with "expect"

  • guess
  • imagine
  • opine
  • reckon
  • suppose
  • think
  • assume
  • presume
  • take for granted
  • conjecture
  • hypothecate
  • hypothesise
  • hypothesize
  • speculate
  • theorise
  • theorize
  • evaluate
  • judge
  • pass judgment
  • await
  • expect
  • look
  • wait
  • believe
  • trust
  • demand
  • call
  • expect
  • anticipate
  • expect
  • look forward
  • look to
  • hang on
  • hold on
  • hold the line
  • anticipate
  • look for
  • consider
  • reckon
  • regard
  • see
  • view
  • bear
  • carry
  • expect
  • gestate
  • have a bun in the oven
  • await
  • expect
  • look
  • wait
  • conceive
  • bear
  • birth
  • deliver
  • give birth
  • have
  • bear
  • birth
  • deliver
  • give birth
  • have
  • expect

Lexical Analysis for "expect"

  1. expectancy
    Noun
    derivation
    1
    1. something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
  2. expectation
    Noun
    derivation
    7
    1. the feeling that something is about to happen
    2. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
    3. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
    4. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
    5. the feeling that something is about to happen
    6. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
    7. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
  3. expectant
    Adjective Satellite
    derivation
    4
    1. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    2. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    3. marked by eager anticipation
    4. marked by eager anticipation
Words Rhyme with expect
  • aspect
  • circumspect
  • disrespect
  • expect
  • inspect
  • introspect
  • prospect
  • respect
  • retrospect
  • self-respect
  • suspect
Etymology for expect
  • etymology expecter
  • etymology expectest
  • etymologically related expectable
  • etymologically related expectancy
  • etymologically related expectant
  • etymologically related expectation
  • etymologically related expected
  • etymological origin of expectare [Latin]
  • is derived from expected
  • is derived from expecting
  • is derived from expects
  • is derived from unexpected
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