expect
🇺🇸
/ɪkˈspekt/
🇬🇧
/ɪkˈspekt/
verb
A2
to think something will happen
I expect it to rain tomorrow.
A2
to wait for someone or something to arrive
We expect the delivery today.
B1
to ask someone to do something because it is their job
I expect you to finish your homework.
B2
to think something is probably true
I expect she will come to the party.
translation
to think something will happen; to wait for someone or something to arrive; to ask someone to do something because it is their job; to think something is probably true
Word Forms
3rd Present
expects
Past
expected
Perfect
expected
Progressive
expecting