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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Investors are pricing in more near-term inflation and expecting the Federal Reserve to keep rates on hold this year or even raise them.
Census Bureau, older adults are expected to outnumber children.
Senior faculty and graduate students have contributed to this ongoing effort, which has already produced two additional studies, with more expected.
From Science Daily
The "Nuestra America" convoy, a flotilla of aid leaving Mexico, was delayed because of rough sea conditions but is expected to arrive in Havana's port on Monday.
From BBC
Morgan Asset Management, said he expects rising fuel prices to eventually force a resolution to the Middle East conflict and restore the dynamics that had boosted the outlook for international companies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
