DICTOMETER

EXPECTED

(expect, expected, esperar, expectativa, previsto, forvente, forventet)

1. Synonyms:
   • Expect
   • Anticipate
   Definitions:
   • regard something as probable or likely
   Examples:
   • The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ask
   • Require
   • Expect
   Definitions:
   • consider obligatory
   • request and expect
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Expect
   • Look
   • Await
   • Wait
   Definitions:
   • look forward to the probable occurrence of
   Examples:
   • We were expecting a visit from our relatives
   • She is looking to a promotion
   • He is waiting to be drafted
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Expect
   Definitions:
   • consider reasonable or due
   Examples:
   • I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Expect
   Definitions:
   • look forward to the birth of a child
   Examples:
   • She is expecting in March
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Have a bun in the oven
   • Bear
   • Carry
   • Gestate
   • Expect
   Definitions:
   • be pregnant with
   Examples:
   • She is bearing his child
   • The are expecting another child in January
   • I am carrying his child
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Expected
   Definitions:
   • considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
   Examples:
   • Prepared for the expected attack
   Antonyms:
   • UNEXPECTED
   • unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
   • unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(predicate)
   • unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of
   • unprovided for(predicate)
   • upset(prenominal)