Synonyms for expect
ɪkˈspɛktex·pect

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, hope, look for

2. expectverb

   To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).

   Synonyms:
   hope, await, look for, anticipate

3. expectverb

   To consider obligatory or required.

   Synonyms:
   await, anticipate, hope, look for

4. expectverb

   To consider reasonably due.

   You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.

   Synonyms:
   hope, await, look for, anticipate

5. expectverb

   to be pregnant, to consider a baby due

   Synonyms:
   hope, look for, await, anticipate

6. expectverb

   To wait for; to await.

   Synonyms:
   hope, look for, anticipate, await

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1. expect

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. expect

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, await, forecast, forebode, wait for, rely on, look for, foresee

   Antonyms:
   welcome, hail, recognize, greet, realize

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1. expect, anticipateverb

   regard something as probable or likely

   "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

   Synonyms:
   predict, await, counter, foreknow, previse, look for, forestall, look, gestate, wait, require, anticipate, call, prognosticate, look to, have a bun in the oven, foresee, carry, ask, foretell, forebode, bear, promise

2. ask, require, expectverb

   consider obligatory; request and expect

   "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

   Synonyms:
   await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, ask, command, bear

3. expect, look, await, waitverb

   look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

   Synonyms:
   count, await, search, appear, depend, hold back, seem, carry, hold off, front, reckon, look, gestate, wait, bet, attend, require, anticipate, waitress, take care, have a bun in the oven, face, ask, calculate, bear, see

4. expectverb

   consider reasonable or due

   "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

   Synonyms:
   require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

5. expectverb

   look forward to the birth of a child

   "She is expecting in March"

   Synonyms:
   require, gestate, look, wait, ask, carry, anticipate, have a bun in the oven, await, bear

6. have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expectverb

   be pregnant with

   "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

   Synonyms:
   digest, abide, express, comport, tolerate, conceptualize, look, pack, have a bun in the oven, support, impart, require, behave, await, extend, run, sway, endure, put up, take, stick out, deport, assume, pay, ask, take over, dribble, channel, carry, transport, stomach, birth, stock, hold, transmit, conceptualise, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, convey, persuade, post, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, wait, wear, stockpile, conceive, anticipate, give birth, bear

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   await, wait for

2. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate, look for, look forward to, count upon, reckon upon, calculate upon, rely upon

3. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   HOPE, hope for

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1. expectverb

   Synonyms:
   anticipate

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1. List of paraphrases for "expect":

   wait, await, hope, anticipate, expects, look

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1. Natalia Orlova:

   The bad news, however, is that oil still appears to have room to go lower, and we believe that touching $20 a barrel is a possibility, in this case we would expect the rouble exchange rate to decline to 90-95 per dollar.

2. Christophe Snoeck:

   We did not expect to see so many individuals having a signal that shows they did not [ live ] near Stonehenge in the last decade or so of their life, to me the really remarkable thing about our study is the ability of new developments in archaeological science to extract so much new information from such small and unpromising fragments of burnt bone.

3. Xiao Shijun:

   I think market players still expect a cut in reserve requirement ratio.

4. Rick Brennan:

   We expect that there will be a modest volume of Pfizer through COVAX because of its expense, but it’s kick-starting the process.

5. Prakash Singh:

   ( Hira) did die of heart complications, but we are looking into the role of the police personnel involved. We expect a charge sheet against six police officers soon. Action will be taken against them.