expect
Usage
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The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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Díaz doesn’t expect openly antagonistic messaging at the halftime show — perhaps the lighter-blue Puerto Rican independence flag as a covert anti-occupation gesture.
From Los Angeles Times
Negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are expected to begin March 16.
From Los Angeles Times
England's batters were preparing for the turning pitches they'll expect to face in Mumbai and Kolkata in the group stage of the World Cup, but Hasaranga was the only spinner in Sri Lanka's attack.
From BBC
As a result of these life shocks, on top of ongoing “lifestyle creep and the way social media normalizes spending, a lot of people reach their 50s with far less saved than they expected.”
From MarketWatch
Warsh, who must still be confirmed by Congress, is expected to push the Fed to lower its benchmark rate in 2026.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
