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| VERB | 1 | expect, anticipate | Regard something as probable or likely |
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| 2 | expect, ask, require | Consider obligatory | |
| 3 | expect, look, await, wait | Look forward to the probable occurrence of | |
| 4 | expect | Consider reasonable or due | |
| 5 | expect, have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate | Be pregnant with | |
| 6 | expect | Look forward to the birth of a child |
| Sounds | ihkspeh'kt |
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| Rhymes | abject, affect, aftereffect, and 64 more rhymes in ehkt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Regard something as probable or likely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
| Model | They expect to move |
| Examples | "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| Synonyms | anticipate |
| Narrower | think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess; assume, presume, take for granted; speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose; believe, trust |
| Broader | judge |
| Similar to | expect, look, await, wait |
| Nouns | expectation; expectation |
| Meaning | Consider obligatory. Request and expect. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
| Model | They expect him to write the letter |
| Examples | "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" |
| Synonyms | ask, require |
| Narrower | call |
| Broader | demand |
| Nouns | expectation |
| Meaning | Look forward to the probable occurrence of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Examples | "We were expecting a visit from our relatives" |
| Synonyms | look, await, wait |
| Narrower | expect; look forward; look to; hang on, hold the line, hold on; anticipate, look for, look to |
| Similar to | expect, anticipate |
| Nouns | expectancy; expectation |
| Meaning | Consider reasonable or due. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" |
| Broader | see, consider, reckon, view, regard |
| Nouns | expectation |
| Meaning | Be pregnant with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The are expecting another child in January" |
| Synonyms | have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate |
| Entails | conceive |
| Entailed by | carry to term |
| Broader | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have |
| Similar to | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have; expect |
| Nouns | expectation |
| Meaning | Look forward to the birth of a child. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "She is expecting in March" |
| Broader | expect, look, await, wait |
| Similar to | have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect |
| Nouns | expectation |