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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In Cortina d’Ampezzo, the three-time Olympic medalist returns to the Winter Games once again expected to win gold in slalom and maybe one or two more medals.
The restructuring plan is expected to be substantially completed in the first half of the year.
He expects to see more national stockpiles and higher prices.
Folks in Sassafras Springs were usually friendly enough, but they expected their neighbors to mind their own business, which did not include asking about Wonders.
From Literature
"Well, what did I expect?" he said aloud.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
