expect
/ɪkˈspɛkt/
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Translation
To think that something will happen or that someone will come.
Word origin
From Latin expectare, meaning to look out for or await, from spectare, to look.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- expectare
Grammar
Verb typeregular (expect, expects, expected)
Examples
later today.
"Expect" means to think something will happen.
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"Expects" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Expected" is the past form of "expect".
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