Expects
[ik-spekt] /ɪkˈspɛkt/
verb (used with object)
1.
to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of:
I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
2.
to look for with reason or justification:
We expect obedience.
3.
Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess:
I expect that you are tired from the trip.
4.
to anticipate the birth of (one’s child):
Paul and Sylvia expect their second very soon.
Idioms
5.
be expecting, to be pregnant:
The cat is expecting again.
/ɪkˈspɛkt/
verb (transitive; may take a clause as object or an infinitive)
1.
to regard as probable or likely; anticipate: he expects to win
2.
to look forward to or be waiting for: we expect good news today
3.
to decide that (something) is requisite or necessary; require: the boss expects us to work late today
v.
1550s, “wait, defer action,” from Latin expectare/exspectare “await, look out for, desire, hope,” from ex- “thoroughly” (see ex-) + spectare “to look,” frequentative of specere “to look at” (see scope (n.1)).
Figurative sense of “anticipate, look forward to” developed in Latin, attested in English from c.1600. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for “be pregnant.” Related: Expected; expecting.
see: when least expected
Read Also:
- Expediate
[ik-spee-dee-eyt] /ɪkˈspi diˌeɪt/ verb (used with object), expediated, expediating. Nonstandard. 1. to . v. a 17c. error for expedite that has gotten into the dictionaries.
- Expediates
[ik-spee-dee-eyt] /ɪkˈspi diˌeɪt/ verb (used with object), expediated, expediating. Nonstandard. 1. to . v. a 17c. error for expedite that has gotten into the dictionaries.
- Expedience
[ik-spee-dee-uh n-see] /ɪkˈspi di ən si/ noun, plural expediencies. 1. the quality of being ; advantageousness; advisability. 2. a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest. 3. something . /ɪkˈspiːdɪənsɪ/ noun (pl) -encies, -ences 1. appropriateness; suitability 2. the use of or inclination […]
- Expediences
[ik-spee-dee-uh n-see] /ɪkˈspi di ən si/ noun, plural expediencies. 1. the quality of being ; advantageousness; advisability. 2. a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest. 3. something . /ɪkˈspiːdɪənsɪ/ noun (pl) -encies, -ences 1. appropriateness; suitability 2. the use of or inclination […]
- Expediency
[ik-spee-dee-uh n-see] /ɪkˈspi di ən si/ noun, plural expediencies. 1. the quality of being ; advantageousness; advisability. 2. a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest. 3. something . /ɪkˈspiːdɪənsɪ/ noun (pl) -encies, -ences 1. appropriateness; suitability 2. the use of or inclination […]