Antonyms for expect
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-spekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛkt |
Definition of expect
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.
- verb believe strongly; anticipate
- verb want, wish
- And can you expect the youth of Athens to be wiser than their gods?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Now tell me just what you expect a woman in my position to do.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I am, in other words, an investment from which they expect large returns.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Now the folks out in this part of the country have come to expect it from a man like him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You will, however, expect me to say something of our latest enterprise.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- He is one of the few foreigners who expect a rational answer.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Can we expect that this will be suddenly and permanently altered?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- We have a just right to expect that our European policy will be the American policy of European courts.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- So expect not any advocateship from me: I will not plead for you; and that's enough.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He had need to expect some good with you, that has so little good to hope for from you; mind that.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Synonyms for expect
- apprehend
- assume
- await
- bargain for
- bargain on
- be afraid
- calculate
- call for
- conjecture
- contemplate
- count on
- demand
- divine
- envisage
- exact
- feel
- figure
- forecast
- foreknow
- foresee
- gather
- hope
- hope for
- imagine
- in the cards
- insist on
- look
- look ahead to
- look for
- look forward to
- predict
- presume
- presuppose
- reckon
- rely upon
- require
- see coming
- sense
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- take
- think
- trust
- understand
- wait for
- watch for
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