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expect
English
Alternative forms
- axpact, ax-pact (Bermuda)
Etymology
From Latin expect?re, infinitive form of exspect? (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spect? (“look at”), frequentative of speci? (“see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sp?kt/, /?k?sp?kt/
- Hyphenation: ex?pect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
expect (third-person singular simple present expects, present participle expecting, simple past and past participle expected)
- (transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
- Synonyms: anticipate, hope, look for
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- And temperatures are expected to keep rising.
- To consider obligatory or required.
- Synonyms: call for, demand
- 1805, Nelson, Horatio via Pasco, John, signal sent at the Battle of Trafalgar:
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
- To consider reasonably due.
- Synonyms: hope, want, wish
- (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
- 2011, Eva Fischer-Dixon, The Bestseller
- “You are pregnant?” he asked with shock in his voice. “Yes, Justin, I am expecting a child,”
- 2011, Eva Fischer-Dixon, The Bestseller
- (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
- Synonyms: await; see also Thesaurus:wait for
- 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. and C. Black (1868), 24-25:
- The knight fixed his eyes on the opening with breathless anxiety, and continuing to kneel in the attitude of devotion which the place and scene required, expected the consequence of these preparations.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.
- Synonym: wait
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sandys to this entry?)
Usage notes
- Expect is a mental act and mostly has a reference to the future, to some forthcoming event (e.g. a person expects to die, or he expects to survive). Think and believe may have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future (e.g. I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is at home now). There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two (e.g. I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home). Await is a physical or moral act. We await something which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See also anticipate.
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Conjugation
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Further reading
- expect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- expect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- expect at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- except
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examine
English
Alternative forms
- examin (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin ex?min?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???zæm?n/
- Hyphenation: ex?am?ine
Verb
examine (third-person singular simple present examines, present participle examining, simple past and past participle examined)
- to observe or inspect carefully or critically
- to check the health or condition of something or someone
- to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
- to interrogate
Synonyms
- pore over, undersee
Hyponyms
- cross examine
- re-examine
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- look at
French
Verb
examine
- first-person singular present indicative of examiner
- third-person singular present indicative of examiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
- second-person singular imperative of examiner
Latin
Noun
ex?mine
- ablative singular of ex?men
Portuguese
Verb
examine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of examinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of examinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of examinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of examinar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?sa?mine/, [e??.sa?mi.ne]
Verb
examine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of examinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of examinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of examinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of examinar.
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- what examine mean
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- what examiners look for in driving test
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