Antonyms for expects


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-spekt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛkt


Definition of expects

Origin :
  • 1550s, "wait, defer action," from Latin expectare/exspectare "await, look out for, desire, hope," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + spectare "to look," frequentative of specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)).
  • Figurative sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin, attested in English from c.1600. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant." Related: Expected; expecting.
  • verb believe strongly; anticipate
  • verb want, wish
Example sentences :
  • Comes in any time, 'e does, an' expects a 'ot dinner just the syme.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • You heard what the singer said, as he left us: 'She is at hand, and expects you'?
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • A brave man ought to ask for what he wants, not for what he expects to get.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The young man who expects something of himself is usually disappointed.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • I'm responsible for what he expects: he expects just what the airs I've put on have made him expect.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • She expects me to like the kind she likes, and I don't like 'em.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • I tell you she expects me this morning, and we shall be received like princes.'
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • She is making her a visit and expects to remain during the summer.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • She expects you back to tea, too, after you have had a look at Howards End.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Synonyms for expects

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