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expect
verb as in believe strongly; anticipate
Strong matches
apprehend, assume, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, divine, envisage, feel, figure, foreknow, gather, imagine, look, presume, presuppose, reckon, sense, surmise, suspect, trust, understand
Weak matches
bargain for, bargain on, be afraid, count on, hope for, in the cards, look ahead to, look for, look forward to, see coming, wait for, watch for
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Example Sentences
The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
Plus, expect outside players to take actions related to the conflict.
The relationships, and motivations of their chief participants, are as tangled and shady as you expect of the super-rich.
You expect soldiers of all ranks to understand the need to respect the chain of command, regardless of personal feelings.
The name that most Republicans seem both to expect and dread to consider running is Vito Fossella.
You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.
Why expect that extraordinary virtues should be in one person united, when one virtue makes a man extraordinary?
Or, if I escaped these dangers for a day or two, what could I expect but a miserable death of cold and hunger?
He wrote a letter to Sir Hugh Wheeler warning the gallant old general that he might expect to be attacked forthwith.
I did not find the Aristocracy so remarkable for physical perfection and beauty as I had been taught to expect.
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On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to expect, such as: await, forecast, foresee, hope, predict, and suppose.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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