expect
/ɪkˈspɛkt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To consider obligatory or required.
verb
To consider reasonably due.
Example Sentences
- "when you least expect it"
- "I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg."
- "The hostage is expected to be released later today."
- "I expect it'll rain this weekend, but I hope it won't."
- "I did not expect you'd come before I asked you to, but do expect you to apologize for it."
- "“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes."
Etymology
From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *speḱ-, expectāre
Usage
Inflected Forms
expects (present, singular)
expecting (participle, present)
expected (participle, past)
expected (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
expected (first person, past)
expectest (archaic, present)
expected (past, second person)
expectedst (archaic, past)
expecteth (archaic, present)
expected (past, singular)