Definitions for expect

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expect ex·pect

Spelling: [ik-spekt]

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛkt/

Expect is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in expect (ceeptx).

Definitions for expect

Idioms

1. be expecting, to be pregnant:

verb (used with object)

1. to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of:
2. to look for with reason or justification:
3. Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess:
4. to anticipate the birth of (one's child):

Origin of expect

1550-60; Latin ex(s)pectāre to look out for, await, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + spectāre to look at, frequentative of specere; see spe

Examples for expect

The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.

He is one of the few foreigners who expect a rational answer.

You expect soldiers of all ranks to understand the need to respect the chain of command, regardless of personal feelings.

Now tell me just what you expect a woman in my position to do.

Plus, expect outside players to take actions related to the conflict.

And can you expect the youth of Athens to be wiser than their gods?

The relationships, and motivations of their chief participants, are as tangled and shady as you expect of the super-rich.

I am, in other words, an investment from which they expect large returns.

The name that most Republicans seem both to expect and dread to consider running is Vito Fossella.

Now the folks out in this part of the country have come to expect it from a man like him.