expect
1. regard something as probable or likely (Freq. 204)
- The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
• Syn:
anticipate
• Derivationally related forms:
expectant, expectation
• Hypernyms:
evaluate, pass judgment, judge
• Hyponyms:
think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon,
guess, assume, presume, take for granted, speculate, theorize,
theorize, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate,
believe, trust
• Verb Group:
look, await, wait
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- They expect to move
2. consider obligatory;
request and expect (Freq. 30)
- 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
• Syn:
ask, require
• Derivationally related forms:
expectation, requirement (for: require)
• Hypernyms:
demand
• Hyponyms:
call
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They expect him to write the letter
3. look forward to the probable occurrence of (Freq. 12)
- We were expecting a visit from our relatives
- She is looking to a promotion
- he is waiting to be drafted
• Syn:
look, await, wait
• Derivationally related forms:
waiter (for: wait), expectant, expectation, expectancy
• Hyponyms:
look forward, look to, hang on, hold the line, hold on,
anticipate, look for
• Verb Group:
anticipate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: wait)
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: look)
4. consider reasonable or due
- I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed
• Derivationally related forms:
expectation
• Hypernyms:
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. look forward to the birth of a child
- She is expecting in March
• Derivationally related forms:
expectant, expectation
• Hypernyms:
look, await, wait
• Verb Group:
have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
6. be pregnant with
- She is bearing his child
- The are expecting another child in January
- I am carrying his child
• Syn:
have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate
• Derivationally related forms:
expectant, expectation, gestation (for: gestate)
• Hypernyms:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Verb Group:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Entailment:
conceive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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