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EXPECT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Meaning of expect in English expect verb us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ɪkˈspekt / uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ɪkˈspekt / expect verb ( THINK ) Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ T ] to think or believe something will happen , or someone will arrive : We are expecting a lot of applicants for the job . I expect (that) you'll find it somewhere in your bedroom . I expect (that) he'd have left anyway . [ + to infinitive ] He didn't expect to see me. be fully expected to The financial performance of the business is fully expected (= almost certain ) to improve . half expect someone to do something We were half expecting you not to come back. (only) to be expected normal and what usually happens : All parents of small children get tired . It's to be expected. See more I don't expect we'll have any more trouble from him. Gosh, I didn't expect to see you here! I'd expected to put weight on when I gave up smoking , but I didn't. Our department expects to make five new appointments this year alone . This is your captain speaking . We expect to be landing at London Heathrow in an hour's time . Planning, expecting and arranging accidentally accidentally on purpose idiom advertent advisably advisedly allow cue game fixing game something out phrasal verb half expect someone/something to do something hatch have something in mind idiom have something up your sleeve idiom muster prognosis programmatically proposed provide provide against something phrasal verb provide for someone phrasal verb See more results » expect verb ( DEMAND ) B2 [ T ] to think that someone should behave in a particular way or do a particular thing: expect someone to do something Borrowers are expected to (= should) return books on time . expect something from someone I expect punctuality from my students . We expect these practices to cease forthwith . Some people expect instant gratification . You shouldn't expect others to do your work for you. It annoys me that she just expects us to help . The principal and school board expect all students to attend school assembly . Giving orders & commands about about-face all-points bulletin boss someone around phrasal verb bossily bossy commanding demand exact harry instruct overbearingly prescriptively push someone around phrasal verb put something on phrasal verb self-ordained stick stipulate summons task See more results » expect verb ( BE PREGNANT ) be expecting (a child/twins/a baby/etc.) B2 to be pregnant : She shouldn't be lifting those boxes if she's expecting. See more Related word expected Grammar Expect , hope or wait ? We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns: … Expect We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect in the following main patterns: … Hope We use hope when we do not know whether something will happen or not but we want it to happen. We use hope in the following patterns: … Wait We use wait when we refer to letting time pass because we are expecting that something is going to happen. We use wait in the following main patterns: … Expect, hope or wait : typical errors We don’t use wait or wait for to say that we believe that something will happen. We use expect: … (Definition of expect from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) expect | Intermediate English expect verb us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ɪkˈspekt / Add to word list Add to word list to think or believe that something will happen , or that someone will arrive : [ T ] We are expecting about 100 people for the lecture . [ T ] His plane is expected to land at about 7:30 this evening . [ + to infinitive ] We expected to see her here, but I guess she decided not to come. To expect is also to ask for something to happen because you think you have a right to ask for it: [ T ] The boss wants me to work this weekend – that’s expecting a lot! is expecting If you say that a woman is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant . expectancy noun [ U ] us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ɪkˈspek·tən·si / There was an air of expectancy as the chairman rose to speak . expectantly adverb [ not gradable ] us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ɪkˈspek·tənt·li / She looked up at him expectantly. (Definition of expect from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of expect expect Some of the classes seem to be covering the things you might expect . From New York Post He expected those 40 victims to be discharged yesterday. From NJ.com He expects the program to launch within months, not years. From The Verge So what can we expect in the coming year from the field of genomics? From TechCrunch And, we expect our kids to do too much. From Huffington Post Team members, including leaders, are expected to own up to their own missteps. From Slate Magazine And so these kinds of salaries you just wouldn't expect there. From NPR As life expectancies continue to rise around the globe, that number is expected to nearly double by 2030 and more than triple by 2050. From CNN These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of expect ? Translations of expect in Chinese (Traditional) 想, 預料，預計, 期待… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 想, 预料，预计, 期待… See more in Spanish esperar… See more in Portuguese esperar, supor, ter expectativa… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian काहीतरी घडेल किंवा कोणी तरी येईल असा विचार करणे किंवा विश्वास ठेवणे, अपेक्षा… See more ～を予想する, 予期する, ～することを求める… See more ummak, beklemek, talep etmek… See more s’attendre à, prévoir, espèrer… See more esperar… See more verwachten, aannemen… See more ஏதாவது நடக்கும் அல்லது யாராவது வருவார்கள் என்று நினைக்க அல்லது நம்ப, யாராவது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வழியில் நடந்து கொள்ள வேண்டும் அல்லது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட செயலைச் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று நினைப்பது… See more अपेक्षा करना, आशा करना, अपेक्षा… See more અપેક્ષા રાખવી, અપેક્ષા… See more forvente, regne med, kræve… See more vänta, räkna med, tro… See more menunggu, menduga, memerlukan… See more erwarten, ’rechnen auf, annehmen… See more forvente, regne med, (for)vente… See more توقع کرنا, امید کرنا… See more чекати, сподіватися, вимагати… See more ఆశించవచ్చు, ఏదైనా జరుగుతుందని లేదా ఎవరైనా వస్తారని ఆలోచించడం లేదా నమ్మడం, ఆశించు/ ఎవరైనా ఒక నిర్దిష్టమైన పద్ధతిలో ప్రవర్తించాలని లేదా నిర్దిష్టమైన పని చేయాలని ఆలోచించు… See more আশা করা… See more očekávat, předpokládat, myslit… See more menunggu, menduga, memerlukan… See more คาดว่า, เชื่อ, เรียกร้อง… See more mong chờ, hy vọng, đòi hỏi… See more oczekiwać, spodziewać się, wymagać… See more -을 기대하다, -라고 예상하다… See more aspettarsi, esigere, aspettare… See more Need a translator? 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