as in to anticipate
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
we expect their arrival late this afternoon
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as in scheduled
being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events
the children did their chores, but not without the expected whining
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as in anticipated
to believe in the future occurrence of (something)
we expect their arrival late this afternoon
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Recent Examples of expect
Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2025
Ozone levels are expected to range from moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups through the end of the day.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Art De Roché, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Talks are expected to progress in the coming weeks.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Pirro, a former New York prosecutor and judge, is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2025
Ozone levels are expected to range from moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups through the end of the day.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Verb
The Arsenal forward suffered a hamstring injury which required surgery on Arsenal’s mid-season trip to Dubai in February and was expected to aim for a return in pre-season.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Talks are expected to progress in the coming weeks.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expect
anticipated
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As Schade sends his long throw-in towards the near post… … Norgaard takes a couple of steps forward to attack the anticipated flick-on.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Dodgers Dodgers’ bullpen fatigue leads to extra-innings loss to Marlins May 6, 2025 The anticipated timeline, however, will limit the opportunities Ohtani has to rediscover himself on the mound.—
Dylan Hernández,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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“Expect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expect. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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