/ɪkˈspɛkt/
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
Examples
later .
"Expect" means to think something will happen.
.
"Expects" is the form used with he, she, or it.
more .
"Expected" is the past form of "expect".
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(4)Grammar articles
(7)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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