expect
To predict or believe that something will happen
Verb 4 meanings
To predict or believe that something will happen
“when you least expect it”
To consider obligatory or required.
To consider reasonably due.
“My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.”
To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
“We are expecting our third in June.”
Etymology
From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).
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EXPECT at a glance
EXPECT has 6 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + P 3 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,011 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with expect
All rhymesOne letter away
- EXPERT15
- EXSECT15
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