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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She also expects an uptick in warming bonfires — “in the past we’ve seen people that will throw firewood into a washing machine drum” — which can injure bystanders or ignite nearby structures.
From Los Angeles Times
The annual tech trade show will begin with a keynote address by the Godfather of AI—Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang—who is expected to focus his speech on data centers, physical AI and robotics.
Electrically driven chemical reactions could be destroying it more quickly than expected.
From Science Daily
The findings clarify why certain advanced lithium ion batteries break down faster than expected and how those failures might be reduced.
From Science Daily
He added that once this happens, he expects people in Hamas-held areas to shift eastward to the militias’ control.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
