expect
Usage
What are other ways to say expect?
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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As football clubs look to cash in on fans looking for more fashionable ways to support their clubs, you can expect to see more streetwear collaborations in the future.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
“These numbers are way lower than what you would expect to be seeing if we’re doing a good job of detecting kids with treatable conditions.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Yet in a post on X, Sam Altman wrote: “I don’t expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I’ll do my part to help enable that with occasional stupid decisions.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
“We expect the cadence of AI-related order wins to accelerate and catalyze shares,” Dorsheimer wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Boaz looked toward her, and then did something that she did not expect.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
