transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkspekt ]
( expects, expecting, expected)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen.
...a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks...
The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow...
Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency...
It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht’s name...
They expect a gradual improvement in sales of new cars.
VERB : V to-inf , V n to-inf , V that , it be V-ed that , V n
2.
If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has been arranged earlier.
I wasn’t expecting a visitor...
We were expecting him home again any day now.
VERB : usu cont , V n , V adv n
3.
If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person’s duty to do it for you.
He wasn’t expecting our hospitality...
I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings...
I wasn’t expecting you to help...
Is this a rational thing to expect of your partner, or not?...
She realizes now she expected too much of Helen.
VERB : V n , V to-inf , V n to-inf , V n of n , V amount of n
4.
If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will.
Don’t expect an instant cure...
You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with...
Don’t expect me to come and visit you there.
VERB : with brd-neg , V n , V to-inf , V n to-inf
5.
If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting , you mean that she is pregnant.
She was expecting another baby...
I hear Dawn’s expecting again.
VERB : only cont , V n , V
6.
You say ‘ I expect ’ to suggest that a statement is probably correct, or a natural consequence of the present situation, although you have no definite knowledge. ( SPOKEN )
I expect you can guess what follows...
I expect you’re tired...
‘Will Joe be here at Christmas?’—‘I expect so.’...
PHRASE : PHR that , PHR so/not