Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expect
Participle: expected
Gerund: expecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expect |
| you | expect |
| he;she;it | expects |
| we | expect |
| you | expect |
| they | expect |
Perfect
| I | have expected |
| you | have expected |
| he;she;it | has expected |
| we | have expected |
| you | have expected |
| they | have expected |
Past
| I | expected |
| you | expected |
| he;she;it | expected |
| we | expected |
| you | expected |
| they | expected |
Pluperfect
| I | had expected |
| you | had expected |
| he;she;it | had expected |
| we | had expected |
| you | had expected |
| they | had expected |
Future
| I | will expect |
| you | will expect |
| he;she;it | will expect |
| we | will expect |
| you | will expect |
| they | will expect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expected |
| you | will have expected |
| he;she;it | will have expected |
| we | will have expected |
| you | will have expected |
| they | will have expected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expect |
| you | expect |
| he;she;it | expect |
| we | expect |
| you | expect |
| they | expect |
Perfect
| I | have expected |
| you | have expected |
| he;she;it | have expected |
| we | have expected |
| you | have expected |
| they | have expected |
Imperfect
| I | expected |
| you | expected |
| he;she;it | expected |
| we | expected |
| you | expected |
| they | expected |
Pluperfect
| I | had expected |
| you | had expected |
| he;she;it | had expected |
| we | had expected |
| you | had expected |
| they | had expected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expect |
| you | would expect |
| he;she;it | would expect |
| we | would expect |
| you | would expect |
| they | would expect |
Perfect
| I | would have expected |
| you | would have expected |
| he;she;it | would have expected |
| we | would have expected |
| you | would have expected |
| they | would have expected |
Imperative
| you | expect |
| we | Let's expect |
| you | expect |
Verbs conjugated like 'expect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expect'
exect,
expert,
exsect,
aspect,
despect,
effect,
eject,
elect,
empest,
enspect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness
- abide, bide, defer, hang on, hold on, hold one's breath, hold one's horses, hold one's water, hold out, stand by, stay, wait
- anticipate
- count, contemplate, await, hope, calculate, look
- require
- demand, exact
Antonyms
- anticipate
- recollect, recall, remember, misapprehend
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1393 (implied in expectant), from L. expectare "await, hope," from ex- "thoroughly" + spectare "to look," freq. of specere "to look at" (see scope (1)). Fig. sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant."
2. From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).
Verbs referencing "expect"
Ido expektar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and most coveted seats were invariably those nearest to the door. The tea-table, too, was by no means as well attended as the dinner-table; and there was less whist-playing than might have been expected. Still, with the exception of one lady, who had retired with some precipitation at dinner-time, immediately after being assisted to the finest cut of a very yellow boiled leg of mutton with very [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to me from a mutual friend in London. He sent it below with his card, on the morning of the head-wind; and I was long troubled with the idea that he might be up, and well, and a hundred times a day expecting me to call upon him in the saloon. I imagined him one of those cast-iron images—I will not call them men—who ask, with red faces, and lusty voices, what sea-sickness means, and whether it really is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] store; so that many occupations are often carried on in one house, and the whole front is covered with boards and inscriptions. As I walked along, I kept glancing up at these boards, confidently expecting to see a few of them change into something; and I never turned a corner suddenly without looking out for the clown and pantaloon, who, I had no doubt, were hiding in a doorway or behind some pillar [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and noisy as other children. More spiritual and affectionate friendships appeared to exist among them, than would be found among other young persons suffering under no deprivation; but this I expected and was prepared to find. It is a part of the great scheme of Heaven 's merciful consideration for the afflicted.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, then, Eliza, hear my plan. Mas’r took it into his head to send me right by here, with a note to Mr. Symmes, that lives a mile past. I believe he expected I should come here to tell you what I have. It would please him, if he thought it would aggravate ’ Shelby's folks, ’ as he calls ’ em. I 'm going home quite resigned, you understand, as if all was [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I did expect fair dealing in this matter, I confess, ” said Haley.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and a party in London, saving that at the former place all assemblies are held at more rational hours; that the conversation may possibly be a little louder and more cheerful; and a guest is usually expected to ascend to the very top of the house to take his cloak off; that he is certain to see, at every dinner, an unusual amount of poultry on the table; and at every supper, at least two mighty bowls of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If you say ‘No, ’ he says ‘Yes ? ’ (interrogatively ), and asks in what respect they differ. You enumerate the heads of difference, one [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] (affirmatively this time ); and upon your looking out of window, tells you that behind that hill, and some three miles from the next station, there is a clever town in a smart lo-ca-tion, where he expects you have concluded to stop. Your answer in the negative naturally leads to more questions in reference to your intended route (always pronounced rout ); and wherever you are going, you invariably [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘I know it is. Why?’ ‘Some suicides happened here, when it was first built. I expect it come about from that. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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- I expected you to be more compassionate. - Because I 'm gay.
(Till the End of the Night)
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This works. Stop fooling around ! I wasn't expecting a city inside the light.
(My Hero Academia: You're Next)
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about a half mile down from the main gate at San Quentin this morning, because of the number of people expected
(Suburban Fury)