Related Words for expect

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anticipate
x/xx
Verb, Verb
ask
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Verb, Verb
require
x/x
Verb, Verb
look
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Verb, Verb, Noun
wait
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Noun, Verb
await
x/
Verb, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Verb
unexpected
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
want
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Verb
will
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Noun
should
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Verb, Noun
intend
x/
Verb
know
/
Verb
need
/
Noun
likely
/x
Adjective
think
/
Verb
presume
x/
Verb
suppose
x/
Verb
might
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Noun
meant
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Verb
assume
x/
Verb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
believe
x/
Verb
foresee
x/
Verb
hoping
/x
Verb
could
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Verb, Noun
dare
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Verb
learn
/
Verb
come
/
Verb
promised
/x
Verb
hear
/
Verb
happen
/x
Verb
disappoint
xx/
Verb
predict
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
imagine
x/x
Verb
suggest
x/
Verb
sure
/
Adjective
tolerate
/xx
Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
going
/x
Verb
tell
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Verb
decide
x/
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
have
/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
surprised
x/
Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
understand
xx/
Verb
tend
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Verb
wish
/
Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun
even
/x
Adverb
seem
/
Verb
cannot
/x
Adjective
refuse
x/
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
wont
/
Adjective
reckon
/x
Verb
normally
/xx
Adverb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
does
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Verb
complain
x/
Verb
guess
/
Noun
contend
x/
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
afford
x/
Verb
unlikely
x/x
Adjective
they
/
Adjective
ought
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
strive
/
Verb
envisage
x/x
Verb
receive
x/
Verb
advise
x/
Verb
bother
/x
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
gonna
/x
Noun
assure
x/
Verb
find
/
Verb
possibly
/xx
Adverb
speculate
/xx
Verb
envision
x/x
Verb
never
/x
Adverb
observe
x/
Verb
fail
/
Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
prepare
x/
Verb
forget
x/
Verb
surely
/x
Adverb
give
/
Verb
recommend
xx/
Verb
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
deserve
x/
Verb
surmise
x/
Noun
choose
/
Verb
certainly
/xx
Adverb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
just
/
Adverb
wanna
/x
Noun
prefer
x/
Verb
ready
/x
Adjective
react
x/
Verb
seek
/
Verb
agree
x/
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
perceive
x/
Verb
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
pretend
x/
Verb
actually
/xxx
Adverb
suffice
x/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
hopefully
/xx
Adverb
comply
x/
Verb
daresay
/x
Verb
begin
x/
Verb
impress
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
enough
x/
Adjective
doubt
/
Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
eager
/x
Adjective
thrilled
/
Verb
look for
//
Phrase, Verb
predicate
/xx
Noun
count on
//
Phrase, Verb
hypothesize
x/xx
Verb
call
/
Noun
look forward to
//x/
Phrase, Verb
foretell
x/
Verb
suspect
x/
Noun
calculate
/xx
Verb
slate
/
Noun
believe in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
presage
/x
Noun
forecast
/x
Noun
trust
/
Noun
entail
x/
Verb
look after
//x
Phrase, Verb
spell
/
Noun
figure on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb
conjecture
x/x
Noun
vision
/x
Noun
ensure
x/
Verb
listen
/x
Verb
conceive
x/
Verb
project
/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
foreshadow
x/x
Verb
stand by
//
Phrase, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Noun
spec
/
Noun
reckon on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
assert
x/
Verb
take for granted
///x
Phrase, Verb
reasonably
/xxx
Adverb
unrealistically
xxx/xx
Adverb
overmuch
/x/
Adverb
realistically
xx/xx
Adverb
miracles
/xx
Noun
intuitively
x/xxx
Adverb
confident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
naively
x/x
Adverb
favors
/x
Noun
encounter
x/x
Verb
rightfully
/xx
Adverb
perfection
x/x
Noun
investors
x/x
Noun
legitimately
x/xxx
Adverb
mercy
/x
Noun
analysts
/xx
Noun
obedience
x/xx
Noun
reap
/
Verb
behave
x/
Verb
conditioned
x/x
Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
alphabetic
xx/x
Adjective
alphanumeric
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
arcane
x/
Adjective
are
/
Noun
aspire
x/
Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
compile
x/
Verb, Noun
concatenated
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
connotative
xx/x
Adjective
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
digit
/x
Noun, Verb
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entry
/x
Noun
estimate
/xx
Noun, Verb
except
x/
Verb
executable
/xxxx
Adjective, Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
html
x
Noun
insist
x/
Verb
instantaneous
xx/xx
Adjective
look forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
look to
//
Phrase, Verb
mnemonic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
plan
/
Noun, Verb
postulate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
provide
x/
Verb
reb
/
Name
rely
x/
Verb
request
x/
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
sign
/
Noun, Verb
sort
/
Noun, Verb
theorize
/xx
Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun