Synonyms for expect
ɪkˈspɛktex·pect

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, hope, look for

2. expectverb

   To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).

   Synonyms:
   hope, await, look for, anticipate

3. expectverb

   To consider obligatory or required.

   Synonyms:
   await, anticipate, hope, look for

4. expectverb

   To consider reasonably due.

   You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.

   Synonyms:
   hope, await, look for, anticipate

5. expectverb

   to be pregnant, to consider a baby due

   Synonyms:
   hope, look for, await, anticipate

6. expectverb

   To wait for; to await.

   Synonyms:
   hope, look for, anticipate, await

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1. expect

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. expect

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, forecast, forebode, wait for, rely on, look for, foresee

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hail, recognize, greet, realize

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1. expect, anticipateverb

   regard something as probable or likely

   "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

   Synonyms:
   predict, await, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forestall, look, gestate, wait, require, anticipate, call, prognosticate, look to, have a bun in the oven, foresee, carry, ask, foretell, forebode, expect, bear, promise

2. ask, require, expectverb

   consider obligatory; request and expect

   "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

   Synonyms:
   await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, ask, command, expect, bear

3. expect, look, await, waitverb

   look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

   Synonyms:
   count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, expect, bear, see

4. expectverb

   consider reasonable or due

   "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

   Synonyms:
   require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

5. expectverb

   look forward to the birth of a child

   "She is expecting in March"

   Synonyms:
   require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

6. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expectverb

   be pregnant with

   "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, conceptualize, look, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, require, behave, await, extend, run, sway, endure, put up, take, stick out, expect, deport, assume, pay, ask, take over, dribble, channel, carry, transport, stomach, birth, stock, hold, transmit, conceptualise, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, wait, wear, stockpile, conceive, anticipate, give birth, bear

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   await, wait for

2. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, look for, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, rely upon

3. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   HOPE, hope for

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate

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1. List of paraphrases for "expect":

   wait, await, hope, anticipate, expects, look

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How to use expect in a sentence?

1. The German:

   I believe we have a very good car so it should be a good race : I ’m actually very confident for tomorrow, i think they( Mercedes) have been more or less one second away but I also think tomorrow it will be a lot closer, I expect that the gap will be smaller, we ’ll see what we can do.

2. Antony Blinken:

   We’ll be watching carefully to see what Russia actually does, we’ll of course make sure that in any event that we are posturing appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies, i think it matters that we continue to act responsibly in this area … it’s also something the rest of the world expect of us.

3. Michael Hartnett:

   Extreme policy remains best explanation for extreme rally off lows in 2020, consensus macro boom in 2021, we expect peak positioning correction in Q1.

4. President Steve Laut:

   In 2017, we're looking to spend around C$2.5 to C$2.6 billion dollars. Getting to 2018, we expect to spend about the same. Those are the numbers that keep our production flat. We're assuming we have a low oil price throughout that time.

5. John Kerry:

   We are satisfied that we will be able to have a process which can get us the answers, if they are not accountable in the way that we expect them to be with appropriate access then they would be in material breach of the agreement and subject to any and all options available to the United States.