Definitions for expects

expects ex·pect

Spelling: [ik-spekt]
IPA: /ɪkˈspɛkt/

Expects is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in expects (ceepstx).

Definitions for expects

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 expects

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 expects

No one expects her to be Elizabeth Warren, but everyone expects Clinton to hear and respect Warren.

Still, he said he expects Novartis to provide further documentation to calm fears.

A brave man ought to ask for what he wants, not for what he expects to get.

The young man who expects something of himself is usually disappointed.

One expects that an ecstatically rendered sex scene would follow, but their first night together is only tacitly referenced.

You heard what the singer said, as he left us: 'She is at hand, and expects you'?

A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

By doing that, Bratton has said publicly, he expects that eventually the protests will “peter out on their own.”

To work for Jarrett is to discover someone who listens and someone who expects nothing less than the very best.

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Word Value for expects
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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