Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - expect
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~ v 1 »THINK STH WILL HAPPEN« to think that something will happen because it seems likely or has been planned (expect (that)) (The troops expect the attack will come at dawn. | expect to do sth) (The rent was much more than we had expected to pay. | expect sb/sth to do sth) (He'd been out celebrating and expected his girlfriend to drive him home. | fully expect (=be completely sure something will happen)) (Smedley fully expected to be paid for giving me this information. | half expect (=think it is possible that something will happen)) (I half expected to see her at the party. | as expected (=in the way that was planned)) (The ascent of the mountain is proceeding as expected. | is (only) to be expected (=used to say that you are not surprised that an unpleasant situation or remark etc has happened or been said)) (Some resentment of the new baby was only to be expected.) 2 »BE WAITING FOR« to believe that someone or something is going to arrive (We're expecting Alison home any minute now. | Snow is expected by the weekend.) 3 »DEMAND« to demand that someone does something because it is a duty or seems reasonable (The officer expects complete obedience from his troops. | expect sb to do sth) (You can't expect kids to be quiet all the time. | expect a lot/too much of sb (=think someone can do more than perhaps is possible)) (The school expects a lot of its students.) 4 »WANT STH TO HAPPEN« to think it is reasonable that something should happen or exist (A job and somewhere to live - is that too much to expect? | We had expected to be consulted at the very least.) 5 be expecting if a woman is expecting, she is going to have a baby 6 What else can/do you expect? spoken used to say that you are not surprised by something unpleasant or disappointing because it has happened before (Tracey didn't leave a forwarding address, but then what can you expect?) 7 I expect spoken especially BrE used to introduce or agree with a statement that you think is probably true (I expect Mum will phone tonight. | I expect so) ("Do you think Ruth will get to art college?" "Yes, I expect so.")
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(expects, expecting, expected) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen. ...a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks... The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow... Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency... It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht’s name... They expect a gradual improvement in sales of new cars. VERB: V to-inf, V n to-inf, V that, it be V-ed that, V n 2. If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier. I wasn’t expecting a visitor... We were expecting him home again any day now. VERB: usu cont, V n, V adv n 3. If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person’s duty to do it for you. He wasn’t expecting our hospitality... I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings... I wasn’t expecting you to help... Is this a rational thing to expect of your partner, or not?... She realizes now she expected too much of Helen. VERB: V n, V to-inf, V n to-inf, V n of n, V amount of n 4. If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will. Don’t expect an instant cure... You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with... Don’t expect me to come and visit you there. VERB: with brd-neg, V n, V to-inf, V n to-inf 5. If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant. She was expecting another baby... I hear Dawn’s expecting again. VERB: only cont, V n, V 6. You say ‘I expect’ to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Etymology: Latin exspectare to look forward to, from ex- + spectare to look at, frequentative of specere to look — more at spy Date: 1560 intransitive verb 1. archaic wait, stay 2. to look forward 3. to be pregnant ; await the birth of one's child — used in progressive tenses she's ~ing next month transitive verb 1. archaic await 2. to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of we ~ them any minute now ~ed a telephone call 3. suppose, think 4. a. to consider probable or certain ~ to be forgiven ~ that things will improve b. to consider reasonable, due, or necessary ~ed hard work from the students c. to consider bound in duty or obligated they ~ you to pay your bills • ~able adjective • ~ably adverb • ~edly adverb • ~edness noun Synonyms: ~, hope, look mean to await some occurrence or outcome. ~ implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning ~s to be finished by Tuesday. hope implies little certainty but suggests confidence or assurance in the possibility that what one desires or longs for will happen hopes to find a job soon. look with to, implies assurance that ~ations will be fulfilled looks to a tidy profit from the sale; with for it implies less assurance and suggests an attitude of ~ancy and watchfulness look for rain when the wind shifts to the northeast. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 (often foll. by to + infin., or that + clause) a regard as likely; assume as a future event or occurrence. b (often foll. by of) look for as appropriate or one's due (from a person) (I expect cooperation; expect you to be here; expected better of you). 2 colloq. (often foll. by that + clause) think, suppose (I expect we'll be on time). 3 be shortly to have (a baby) (is expecting twins). Phrases and idioms be expecting colloq. be pregnant. Derivatives expectable adj. Etymology: L exspectare (as EX-(1), spectare look, frequent. of specere see) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ожидать, ждать I expected you yesterday —- я ждал вас вчера I expect a telephone call —- мне должны позвонить I did not expect such a thing of you —- такого я от тебя не ожидал the conference is expected to meet in summer —- конференция, по всей вероятности (как ожидают), состоится летом to be expecting —- эвф. ожидать ребенка 2. рассчитывать, надеяться I expect to be back on Sunday —- я рассчитываю вернуться в воскресенье it's not to be expected —- на это нельзя рассчитывать that's expecting too much —- на это трудно надеяться the boy's parents expected too much of him —- родители возлагали на юношу слишком большие надежды he expected respect from his students —- он рассчитывал на уважение со стороны своих учеников 3. требовать you do not expect me to do this work in a day, do you? —- вы же не требуете, чтобы я сделал эту работу в один день (не так ли)? a reporter is expected to have a good memory —- для работы репортера требуется хорошая память a scholar is expected to know the latest work on his speciality —- предполагается, что ученый знаком с новейшими трудами по своей специальности guests are not expected to tip —- у нас не принято давать чаевые 4. разг. предполагать, полагать, думать I expect he'll come —- думаю, что он придет will he be late? - I expect so —- он опоздает? - Вероятно, (Думаю, что) да their job is expected to take between ten and twelve days —- на эту работу у них уйдет дней...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) ждать, ожидать (for) Well expect you for dinner on Thursday. 2) рассчитывать, надеяться (from/of) Dont expect sudden improvements from this class. The whole family expects great things of him. Arent you expecting too much of your mother, leaving all your children with her while you go on holiday? 3) coll. предполагать, полагать, думать 4) to be expecting euphem. - ожидать ребенка, быть в положении Syn: see hope ...Англо-русский словарь
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- late 14c. (as expectant), from L. expectare "await, hope," from ex- "thoroughly" + spectare "to look," freq. of specere "to look at." Sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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