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Synonyms for expecting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-spekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛkt |
Définition of expecting
Origin :- 1550s, "wait, defer action," from Latin expectare/exspectare "await, look out for, desire, hope," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + spectare "to look," frequentative of specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)).
- Figurative sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin, attested in English from c.1600. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant." Related: Expected; expecting.
- adj pregnant
- He was far from expecting to meet him on shipboard bound to India.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Not expecting to be absent more than a few days, we had neither rations nor rugs.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- By expecting it from others half our resentment is forestalled.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He rose, expecting a look of gratitude from the girl he loved.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- "Chiefly by not doing and not expecting too much at first," said M'Leod.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Of course, this was what I had been expecting, but had not been able to put into words.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- It seemed natural enough that he should be up at this hour, and expecting her.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- He's been back and forth all day; and I'm expecting him any minute.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- And all the time, it had seemed to Anthony, that the man was expecting some one to arrive.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Borrow was expecting me to-day, you know—or maybe you don't know.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
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