Synonyms for expect
ɪkˈspɛktex·pect

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, hope, look for

2. expectverb

   To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).

   Synonyms:
   hope, await, look for, anticipate

3. expectverb

   To consider obligatory or required.

   Synonyms:
   await, anticipate, hope, look for

4. expectverb

   To consider reasonably due.

   You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.

   Synonyms:
   hope, await, look for, anticipate

5. expectverb

   to be pregnant, to consider a baby due

   Synonyms:
   hope, look for, await, anticipate

6. expectverb

   To wait for; to await.

   Synonyms:
   hope, look for, anticipate, await

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1. expect

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. expect

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, forecast, forebode, wait for, rely on, look for, foresee

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hail, recognize, greet, realize

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1. expect, anticipateverb

   regard something as probable or likely

   "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

   Synonyms:
   predict, await, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forestall, look, gestate, wait, require, anticipate, call, prognosticate, look to, have a bun in the oven, foresee, carry, ask, foretell, forebode, bear, promise

2. ask, require, expectverb

   consider obligatory; request and expect

   "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

   Synonyms:
   await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, ask, command, bear

3. expect, look, await, waitverb

   look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

   Synonyms:
   count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, bear, see

4. expectverb

   consider reasonable or due

   "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

   Synonyms:
   require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

5. expectverb

   look forward to the birth of a child

   "She is expecting in March"

   Synonyms:
   require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

6. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expectverb

   be pregnant with

   "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, conceptualize, look, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, require, behave, await, extend, run, sway, endure, put up, take, stick out, deport, assume, pay, ask, take over, dribble, channel, carry, transport, stomach, birth, stock, hold, transmit, conceptualise, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, wait, wear, stockpile, conceive, anticipate, give birth, bear

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   await, wait for

2. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, look for, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, rely upon

3. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   HOPE, hope for

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate

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1. List of paraphrases for "expect":

   wait, await, hope, anticipate, expects, look

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How to use expect in a sentence?

1. Edgar Watson Howe:

   Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

2. George Washington:

   There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

3. Rafa Cabrera Bello:

   I really didn't know what to expect, to be fair I've been playing good this year. I got off to a nice early hot start, hung in there, didn't give myself much chances of trouble.

4. Daryl Morey:

   Every day, expect him to come in and move toward being able to help us on the floor, because we know we’re a better team with Ben Simmons. We know that’s the best plan for the team.

5. Chief Executive Oscar Gonzalez:

   The opposition is, for us, less and less and we expect it to continue diminishing.