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1 ?think something will happen?
2 ?demand?
3 ?think somebody/something will arrive?
4 ?think?
5 be expecting (a baby)
6 what can/do you expect?
7 how do/can you expect ...?
8 I expect
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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: exspectare 'to look forward to', from spectare 'to look at']
?THINK SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN?
to think that something will happen because it seems likely or has been planned
expect to do sth
::I expect to be back within a week.
::The company expects to complete work in April.
expect sb/sth to do sth
::Emergency repairs were expected to take three weeks.
::I didn't expect him to stay so long.
expect (that)
::There's the doorbell - I expect it'll be my mother.
::He will be hard to beat. I fully expect (=am completely sure about) that and I'm ready.
::'Who are you?' he murmured, only half expecting (=thinking it was possible, but not likely) her to answer.
::He didn't get his expected pay rise.
as expected
(=in the way that was planned or thought likely to happen)
::As expected, the whole family was shocked by the news.
sth is (only) to be expected
(=used to say that you are not surprised by something, especially something unpleasant)
::A little nervousness is only to be expected when you are starting a new job.
?DEMAND?
to demand that someone does something because it is a duty or seems reasonable
expect sth from sb
::The officer expects complete obedience from his troops.
expect sb to do sth
::I can't expect her to be on time if I'm late myself.
expect a lot of sb/expect too much of sb
(=think someone can do more than may be possible)
::The school expects a lot of its students.
?THINK SOMEBODY/SOMETHING WILL ARRIVE?
to believe that someone or something is going to arrive
::We're expecting Alison home any minute now.
::Snow is expected by the weekend.
::an expected crowd of 80,000 people
?THINK?
to think that you will find that someone or something has a particular quality or does a particular thing
::I expected her to be taller than me, not shorter.
be expecting (a baby)
if a woman is expecting, she is going to have a baby
what can/do you expect?
spoken used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant or disappointing
::The train was delayed, but what do you expect?
how do/can you expect ...?
spoken used to say that it is unreasonable to think that something will happen or be true
::If I can't help her, how can you expect to?
I expect
BrE spoken used to introduce or agree with a statement that you think is probably true
::I expect you're right.
::'Do you think they're going to attack?' ' I expect so .'
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HINT sense 3
Expect or wait for ? See also: wait1