Antonyms for expects
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-spekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛkt |
Definition of expects
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
- Comes in any time, 'e does, an' expects a 'ot dinner just the syme.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- You heard what the singer said, as he left us: 'She is at hand, and expects you'?
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- A brave man ought to ask for what he wants, not for what he expects to get.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- The young man who expects something of himself is usually disappointed.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- I'm responsible for what he expects: he expects just what the airs I've put on have made him expect.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- She expects me to like the kind she likes, and I don't like 'em.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- I tell you she expects me this morning, and we shall be received like princes.'
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- She is making her a visit and expects to remain during the summer.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- She expects you back to tea, too, after you have had a look at Howards End.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
Synonyms for expects
- 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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