expected
Meaning of expected
- regarded as likely; anticipated.
write down your expected monthly income, and regularly track your expenses
the expected high temperatures are well above normal for this time of year
- regard (something) as likely to happen.
it's as well to expect the worst
the hearing is expected to last a week
one might expect that Hollywood would adjust its approach
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘defer action, wait’): from Latin exspectare ‘look out for’, from ex- ‘out’ + spectare ‘to look’ (frequentative of specere ‘see’).
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Hyphenation of expected
ex-pected
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- expected is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
expected synonyms
Meaning likely:
Meaning regard as probable; expect or predict:
Meaning wait for (an event):
Meaning look thoughtfully for a long time at:
Meaning say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something:
Meaning predict or estimate (a future event or trend):
Meaning be aware of beforehand; predict:
Meaning say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future:
Meaning contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event:
Meaning imagine as a future possibility; visualize:
Anagrams of expected
Words that rhyme with expected
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