expect
Usage
What are other ways to say expect?
The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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"We expect the economy to come to a standstill this quarter and next as the hit to households' real incomes from higher energy prices intensifies."
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Meanwhile, some market watchers expect added activity Friday in stocks that individual investors might sell to buy SpaceX shares, such as those of technology companies and Musk’s electric-car maker Tesla.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
But Roberts and Wroblkeski both said they don’t expect it to impact his next start.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
"But now, I feel like I am free but at the same time, I don't know what to expect," she told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
No one would ever expect anything bad from him or think anything wrong about him, for he was an honorable man, a perfect gentleman.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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