Crossword clues for expect
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expect \Ex*pect"\, v. t.
To wait; to stay. [Obs.]
--Sandys.
Expect \Ex*pect"\, n.
Expectation. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "wait, defer action," from Latin expectare/exspectare "await, look out for; desire, hope, long for, anticipate; look for with anticipation," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + spectare "to look," frequentative of specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)).\n
\nFigurative sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin and is attested in English from c.1600. Also from c.1600 as "regard as about to happen." Meaning "count upon (to do something), trust or rely on" is from 1630s. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant." In the sense "suppose, reckon, suspect," it is attested from 1640s but was regarded as a New England provincialism. Related: Expected; expecting.
Wiktionary
vb. 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).
WordNet
v. regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: anticipate]
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" [syn: ask, require]
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" [syn: look, await, wait]
consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
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]
look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
Wikipedia
Expect, an extension to the Tcl scripting language written by Don Libes, is a program to automate interactions with programs that expose a text terminal interface. Expect was originally written in 1990 for Unix systems, but is now also available for Microsoft Windows and other systems. It is used to automate control of interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, ssh, and others. Expect uses pseudo terminals (Unix) or emulates a console (Windows), starts the target program, and then communicates with it, just as a human would, via the terminal or console interface. Tk, another Tcl extension, can be used to provide a GUI.
Ki Dae-han, better known as '''Expect ''', is a South Korean League of Legends player who is the top laner for G2 Esports of the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS). He joined the team just ahead of the start of the 2016 Summer EU LCS split, alongside Mateusz "Kikis" Szkudlarek on the roster as a top laner. However, Kikis unexpectedly left the team on June 12, 2016, leaving Expect the sole Top laner on the team.
Usage examples of "expect".
But please remember that, as a guest aboard our ship, we expect better manners.
I was aboard his ship, the way I expected him to know the answer to everything.
Despite the gentle ribbing from James he was here because his men were aboard that ship and they had the right to expect his best efforts to aid them.
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.
How could they expect the Acceptor to report specifically when so much was happening!
The computerized response lacked any trace of personality, quite unlike the acerbic tone Seven expected from his own Beta 5 computer.
She emerged from the oaks, expecting to see Acorn still frozen upon the riverbank.
As expected, they contained two main components: harmless colourants or flavourings designed to make them look or taste good, and doses of addictive narcotics.
And because from Sancto Domingo the three ships must have been seen to pass downward, and concluding that it certainly was the Admiral as he was expecting him each day, the Adelantado started then in a caravel and overtook the Admiral here.
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.
Besides, if he ever deigned to give a thought to me, Versilov was most likely expecting a young boy just out of high school, still a mere adolescent, gaping at the world in wide-eyed wonderment.