expect
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /ɪkˈspekt/US /ɪkˈspekt/
Meaning
verb
to think or believe that something will happen or that somebody will do something
“expect something, The company is expecting record sales this year. ”
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“So I would expect that it's going to be less than a car,”
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“The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.”
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“We say what we do, we say how we're different or better and we expect some sort of a behavior, a purchase, a vote, something like that.”
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