"expect" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛkt/, /ɛkˈspɛkt/ Audio: en-us-expect.ogg [US] Forms: expects [present, singular, third-person], expecting [participle, present], expected [participle, past], expected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{bor|en|la|expectāre}} Latin expectāre, {{m|la|exspectō||look out for, await, expect}} exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), {{m|la|ex||out}} ex (“out”), {{m|la|spectō||look at}} spectō (“look at”), {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{m|la|speciō||see}} speciō (“see”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} expect (third-person singular simple present expects, present participle expecting, simple past and past participle expected)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Pregnancy Synonyms: anticipate, hope, look for Translations (to look for, look forward to, anticipate): προσδοκάω (prosdokáō) (Ancient Greek), تَوَقَّعَ (tawaqqaʕa) (Arabic), ակնկալել (aknkalel) (Armenian), սպասել (spasel) (Armenian), көтөү (kötöw) (Bashkir), оча́квам (očákvam) (Bulgarian), esperar (Catalan), predir (Catalan), 期待 (qīdài) (Chinese Mandarin), očekávat (Czech), forvente (Danish), verwachten (Dutch), anticipi (Esperanto), odottaa (Finnish), odotella (Finnish), ajatella (Finnish), attendre (French), s’attendre à (French), prédire (French), მოლოდინი (molodini) (Georgian), ლოდინი (lodini) (Georgian), erwarten (German), 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wēnjan) (Gothic), αναμένω (anaméno) (Greek), ציפה (tsipá) (Hebrew), számít (note: with -ra/-re) (Hungarian), számol (with -val/-vel) (Hungarian), coinne a bheith agat ar (Irish), súil a bheith agat ar (Irish), dréim (Irish), aspettarsi (Italian), pensare (Italian), predire (Italian), រំពឹង (rumpɨng) (Khmer), 기대하다 (gidaehada) (Korean), spērō (Latin), expecto (Latin), exspecto (Latin), очекува (očekuva) (Macedonian), tūmanako (Maori), kawatau (Maori), chiya (Nahuatl), forvente (Norwegian Bokmål), forvente (Norwegian Nynorsk), wēnan (Old English), انتظار داشتن (entezâr dâštan) (Persian), spodziewać się (Polish), oczekiwać (Polish), esperar (Portuguese), aguardar (Portuguese), predizer (Portuguese), prezice (Romanian), наде́яться (nadéjatʹsja) (Russian), pričakovati (Slovene), nadejati se (Slovene), esperar (Spanish), predecir (Spanish), vaticinar (Spanish), kutazamia (Swahili), förvänta (Swedish), எதிர்பார் (etirpār) (Tamil), คาดหวัง (kâat-wǎng) (Thai), päkw- (Tocharian B), наді́ятися (nadíjatysja) (Ukrainian), mong đợi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-expect-en-verb-HO3e27If Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 21 12 25 15 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 26 10 19 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 19 14 16 21 Disambiguation of 'to look for, look forward to, anticipate': 52 3 6 8 26 6
  2. To consider obligatory or required. Categories (topical): Pregnancy Synonyms: call for, demand Translations (to consider obligatory): ակնկալել (aknkalel) (Armenian), ենթադրել (entʿadrel) (Armenian), forvente (Danish), verwachten (Dutch), odottaa (Finnish), odotella (Finnish), attendre (French), erwarten (German), elvár (Hungarian), aspettarsi (Italian), forvente (Norwegian Bokmål), forvente (Norwegian Nynorsk), oczekiwać [imperfective] (Polish), esperar (Portuguese), ожида́ть (ožidátʹ) (Russian), pričakovati (Slovene), förvänta (Swedish), எதிர்ப்பார்த்தல் (etirppārttal) (Tamil), очі́кувати (očíkuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-expect-en-verb-dTmQgyXl Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 21 12 25 15 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 26 10 19 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 19 14 16 21 Disambiguation of 'to consider obligatory': 2 53 24 18 2 1
  3. To consider reasonably due. Categories (topical): Pregnancy Synonyms: hope, want, wish Translations (to consider reasonably due): ենթադրել (entʿadrel) (Armenian), կարծել (karcel) (Armenian), համարել (hamarel) (Armenian), ummaq (Azerbaijani), оча́ква се (očákva se) [impersonal] (Bulgarian), forvente (Danish), verwachten (Dutch), erwarten (German), ציפה (tsipá) (Hebrew), elvár (Hungarian), vár (note: usually preceded by azt) (Hungarian), aspettarsi (Italian), forvente (Norwegian Bokmål), forvente (Norwegian Nynorsk), oczekiwać [imperfective] (Polish), prever (Portuguese), ожида́ть (ožidátʹ) (Russian), pričakovati (Slovene), förvänta (Swedish), очі́кувати (očíkuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-expect-en-verb-kLjDLkeW Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 21 12 25 15 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 26 10 19 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 19 14 16 21 Disambiguation of 'to consider reasonably due': 2 15 66 15 1 1
  4. (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due. Categories (topical): Pregnancy
    Sense id: en-expect-en-verb-VlhSbor3 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 21 12 25 15 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 26 10 19 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 19 14 16 21
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Pregnancy Synonyms: await, wait for
    Sense id: en-expect-en-verb-DBjMNSFX Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 21 12 25 15 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 26 10 19 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 19 14 16 21
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Pregnancy Synonyms: wait
    Sense id: en-expect-en-verb-QShyokqU Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 21 12 25 15 11 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 26 10 19 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 15 19 14 16 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: expect the unexpected, expected adjective, expecting adjective, half-expect, unexpected Related terms: expectable, expectancy, expectant, expectation noun

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for expect meaning in English (24.4kB)

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          "text": "I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "He never expected to be discovered.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "We ended up waiting a little longer than we had expected",
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          "text": "The doctor said he expected me to make a full recovery.",
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          "ref": "2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns",
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          "roman": "tawaqqaʕa",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "očákvam",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "оча́квам"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "esperar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "predir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīdài",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "期待"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "očekávat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "forvente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "verwachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "anticipi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "odottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "odotella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "ajatella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "attendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "s’attendre à"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "prédire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "molodini",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "მოლოდინი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lodini",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "ლოდინი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "erwarten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "wēnjan",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anaméno",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "αναμένω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "prosdokáō",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "προσδοκάω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tsipá",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "ציפה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "with -ra/-re",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "számít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "számol (with -val/-vel)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "coinne a bheith agat ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "súil a bheith agat ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "dréim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "aspettarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "pensare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "predire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "rumpɨng",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "រំពឹង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gidaehada",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "기대하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "spērō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "expecto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "exspecto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "očekuva",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "очекува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "tūmanako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "kawatau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "chiya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "forvente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "forvente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "wēnan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "entezâr dâštan",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
          "word": "انتظار داشتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "52 3 6 8 26 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
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        "4": "look out for, await, expect"
      },
      "expansion": "exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ex",
        "3": "",
        "4": "out"
      },
      "expansion": "ex (“out”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "spectō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "look at"
      },
      "expansion": "spectō (“look at”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frequentative"
      },
      "expansion": "frequentative",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "speciō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "see"
      },
      "expansion": "speciō (“see”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "expects",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "expecting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "expected",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "expected",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "expect (third-person singular simple present expects, present participle expecting, simple past and past participle expected)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ex‧pect"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "expectable"
    },
    {
      "word": "expectancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "expectant"
    },
    {
      "word": "expectation noun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He never expected to be discovered.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "We ended up waiting a little longer than we had expected",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The doctor said he expected me to make a full recovery.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns",
          "text": "And temperatures are expected to keep rising.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To predict or believe that something will happen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "predict",
          "predict"
        ],
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anticipate"
        },
        {
          "word": "hope"
        },
        {
          "word": "look for"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1805, Nelson, Horatio via Pasco, John, signal sent at the Battle of Trafalgar",
          "text": "England expects that every man will do his duty."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Sajith Buvi, I Am 7.5 Billion Human, page 49",
          "text": "I was born and immediately thrown into a society that makes its own rules, standards, and expectations. I am expected to behave. I am expected to deliver. I am expected to live up to the contrived standards of the society.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consider obligatory or required."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "obligatory",
          "obligatory"
        ],
        [
          "required",
          "required"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "call for"
        },
        {
          "word": "demand"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consider reasonably due."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "due",
          "due"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hope"
        },
        {
          "word": "want"
        },
        {
          "word": "wish"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Eva Fischer-Dixon, The Bestseller",
          "text": "“You are pregnant?” he asked with shock in his voice. “Yes, Justin, I am expecting a child,”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be pregnant, to consider a baby due."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pregnant",
          "pregnant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "continuous aspect only",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a woman or couple"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. and C. Black (1868), 24-25",
          "text": "The knight fixed his eyes on the opening with breathless anxiety, and continuing to kneel in the attitude of devotion which the place and scene required, expected the consequence of these preparations."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait for; to await."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "await"
        },
        {
          "word": "wait for"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait; to stay."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wait"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪkˈspɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛkˈspɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-us-expect.ogg",
      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tawaqqaʕa",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "تَوَقَّعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aknkalel",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "ակնկալել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "spasel",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "սպասել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kötöw",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "көтөү"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očákvam",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "оча́квам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "esperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "predir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīdài",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "期待"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "očekávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "verwachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "anticipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "odottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "odotella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "ajatella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "attendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "s’attendre à"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "prédire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "molodini",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "მოლოდინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lodini",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "ლოდინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "erwarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "wēnjan",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaméno",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "αναμένω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prosdokáō",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "προσδοκάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsipá",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "ציפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "with -ra/-re",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "számít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "számol (with -val/-vel)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "coinne a bheith agat ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "súil a bheith agat ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "dréim"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "aspettarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "pensare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "predire"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rumpɨng",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "រំពឹង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gidaehada",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "기대하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "spērō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "expecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "exspecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "očekuva",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "очекува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "tūmanako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "kawatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "chiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "wēnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "entezâr dâštan",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "انتظار داشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "spodziewać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "oczekiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "esperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "aguardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "predizer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "prezice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadéjatʹsja",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "наде́яться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "pričakovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "nadejati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "esperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "predecir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "vaticinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "kutazamia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "förvänta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "etirpār",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "எதிர்பார்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâat-wǎng",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "คาดหวัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "päkw-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadíjatysja",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "наді́ятися"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to look for, look forward to, anticipate",
      "word": "mong đợi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aknkalel",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "ակնկալել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "entʿadrel",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "ենթադրել"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "verwachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "odottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "odotella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "attendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "erwarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "elvár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "aspettarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oczekiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "esperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ožidátʹ",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "ожида́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "pričakovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "förvänta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "etirppārttal",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "எதிர்ப்பார்த்தல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "očíkuvaty",
      "sense": "to consider obligatory",
      "word": "очі́кувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "entʿadrel",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "ենթադրել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karcel",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "կարծել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hamarel",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "համարել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "ummaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očákva se",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ],
      "word": "оча́ква се"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "verwachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "erwarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsipá",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "ציפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "elvár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "usually preceded by azt",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "vár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "aspettarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "forvente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oczekiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "prever"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ožidátʹ",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "ожида́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "pričakovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "förvänta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "očíkuvaty",
      "sense": "to consider reasonably due",
      "word": "очі́кувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expect"
}

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