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expect
- /ɪkˈspɛkt/
- /ɛkˈspɛkt/
Rhymes with -ɛkt
Where it comes from
From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).
verb expects · expecting · expected · expect
- To predict or believe that something will happen when you least expect it
- To consider obligatory or required. England expects that every man will do his duty.
- To consider reasonably due. My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.
- To be pregnant, to consider a baby due. We are expecting our third in June.
- To wait for; to await. Let's in, and there expect their coming.
- To wait; to stay. I will 'expect until my change in death, / And answer at Thy call
