expecting
Meaning of expecting
- 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’).
Information about expecting
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of expecting is: expectings.
- Languages in which expecting is used:
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Hyphenation of expecting
ex-pect-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- expecting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
expecting synonyms
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:
Translation of expecting
- French: enceinte
- German: schwanger, gravid
- Italian: incinta, gravida
- Spanish: embarazada, encinta, preñada, grávida, gestante
- Portuguese: grávida, prenha
Anagrams of expecting
Words that rhyme with expecting
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