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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Rui Hachimura missed his first start of the season because of a sore groin that is expected to keep him out three to five days.
From Los Angeles Times
Khawaja had five when he nicked a flaying drive off Josh Tongue to second slip, where Brook shelled a tough chance but one he would expect to take.
From BBC
So California taxpayers had to foot the bill for the state’s expansion, and a lot more people signed up than expected.
In a recent forecast, the FAA said it expected to oversee an annual average of about 200 to 400 rocket launches or re-entries in the years ahead.
The large outage comes as more rainy weather is expected to hit San Francisco and then move toward Los Angeles ahead of the holidays.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
