expect

expect
[[t]ɪkspe̱kt[/t]]
♦
expects, expecting, expected
1) VERB If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.

[V to-inf] ...a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks...

[V n to-inf] They no longer expect corporate profits to improve...

[V n to-inf] The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow...

[V that] Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency...

[it be V-ed that] It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht's name...

[V n] They expect a gradual improvement in sales of new cars.

2) VERB: usu cont If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier.

[V n] I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived...

[V n] I wasn't expecting a visitor...

[V adv n] We were expecting him home again any day now.

3) VERB If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person's duty to do it for you.

[V n] He wasn't expecting our hospitality...

[V to-inf] I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings...

[V n to-inf] I wasn't expecting you to help...

[V n of n] Is this a rational thing to expect of your partner, or not?...

[V amount of n] She realizes now she expected too much of Helen.

4) VERB: with brd-neg If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will.

[V n] Don't expect an instant cure...

[V to-inf] You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with...

[V n to-inf] Don't expect me to come and visit you there.

5) VERB: only cont If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant.

[V n] She was expecting another baby...

I hear Dawn's expecting again.

6) PHRASE: PHR that, PHR so/not You say `I expect' to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge. [SPOKEN]

I expect you can guess what follows...

I expect you're tired...

`Will Joe be here at Christmas?' - `I expect so.'...

`I don't think you have much of a case.' - `I expect not.'

7) PHRASE (emphasis) You can say `What can you expect?' or `What do you expect?' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing. [SPOKEN]

It tastes artificial, but at that price what can you expect?...

If a guy hunts and owns guns, what do you expect?


English dictionary. 2008.

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