Crossword clues for expected
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expect \Ex*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expected; p. pr. & vb. n. Expecting.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See Spectacle.]
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To wait for; to await. [Obs.]
Let's in, and there expect their coming.
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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); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated. ``Good: I will expect you.''
--Shak. ``Expecting thy reply.''
--Shak.The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day.
--Macaulay.Syn: To anticipate; look for; await; hope.
Usage: To Expect, Think, Believe, Await. Expect is a mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he expects to survive. Think and believe have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future; as I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See Anticipate.
Wiktionary
anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur v
(en-past of: expect)
WordNet
adj. considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack" [ant: unexpected]
looked forward to as probable
expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"; "expected income" [syn: likely, potential]
Wikipedia
Expected may refer to:
- Expectation (epistemic)
- Expected value
- Expected shortfall
- Expected utility hypothesis
- Expected return
- Expected gain
- Expected loss
- Unexpected (disambiguation)
- Expected value (disambiguation)
Usage examples of "expected".
I was aboard his ship, the way I expected him to know the answer to everything.
The department never expected any of their Aboriginal students to do well at tertiary studies.
Jen had expected something in the Central Business District, or CBD to the Australians who seemed to her to have a mania for shortening or abreviating everything.
Each time he returned to the car, he half expected the girl to be gone, but she sat quietly holding the baby and absently stared toward infinity.
The protesters were expected to disperse once Abies was delivered from the cabin.
After breakfast I sent for mine host and ordered an excellent supper for five persons, feeling certain that Don Sancio, whom I expected in the evening, would not refuse to honour me by accepting my invitation, and with that idea I made up my mind to go without my dinner.
The computerized response lacked any trace of personality, quite unlike the acerbic tone Seven expected from his own Beta 5 computer.
As expected, they contained two main components: harmless colourants or flavourings designed to make them look or taste good, and doses of addictive narcotics.
The heat was very much stronger than he had expected, and he had to duck his Plexiglas mask away when the near end of the admin building bulged out and then collapsed in a wall of flame.
Any lover who knows what his feelings were when he found himself with the woman he adored and with the fear that it was for the last time, will easily imagine my feelings during the last hours that I expected ever to spend with my two charming mistresses.
All they knew they learned from aerograms, one from Admiral Durenne off the Isle of Wight saying that the Portsmouth forts had been silenced and the Fleet action had begun, and another from the Commodore of the squadron off Folkestone saying that all was going well, and the landing would shortly be effected: and thus they fully expected to have the three towns and the entrance to the Thames at their mercy by the following day.
What they wanted was not a limited, academic type of inquiry such as they expected to be made by the Condon team, but a country-wide effort involving the resources of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Making some confused excuse to Lady Afy, which was not expected, he ran after the Baronet, and soon reached him.
The front line has been pushed forward again a few miles to the East of our airfield, and we return to our base at Staritza where we have long been expected back.
Malvin had tried to ease Alker out of a business in which he had tied up some fifty thousand dollars, and expected to add more.