expect

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. verb regard something as probable or likely
  2. verb consider obligatory; request and expect
  3. verb look forward to the probable occurrence of

Etymology

From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).

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Synonyms

anticipate

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