expect

expect
verb
ADVERB
confidently

She confidently expects to win.

fully

My parents fully expect us to get married.

rightly

They rightly expect to be obeyed.

not necessarily

I do not necessarily expect an easy answer to this question.

not really

I didn't really expect them to come.

half

I was half expecting to see Jim at the concert.

initially, originally
honestly

Did you honestly expect me to believe that?

seriously

You can't seriously expect me to sympathize with you.

VERB + EXPECT
be fair to, be natural to, be reasonable to, can, can realistically, can reasonably

We can expect to see an improvement in the weather over the next few days.

be unfair to, be unrealistic to, be unreasonable to, can hardly

It would be unreasonable to expect them to do all that work for free.

You can hardly expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.

be foolish to

It would be foolish to expect this at his age.

be naive

Was she really naive enough to expect that he had changed?

would, would normally

I would expect the factory to be working again as normal by next week.

be entitled to, have a right to

You are entitled to expect certain minimum standards of hygiene.

PREPOSITION
from

We expect good results from our employees.

PHRASES
as expected

As expected, they lost the election.

(only) to be expected

The wine list is excellent, as is to be expected from such a high-class restaurant.

This kind of tantrum is to be expected from a two-year-old.

be widely expected

The economy is widely expected to pick up in the first half of next year.

expect a lot, too much, etc. of sb

I think my parents always expected too much of me.

when you least expect sth

An accident can happen anywhere, at any time, just when you least expect it.

Expect is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑observer
Expect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑announcement, ↑answer, ↑apology, ↑arrival, ↑assistance, ↑baby, ↑backlash, ↑call, ↑child, ↑company, ↑failure, ↑favour, ↑honesty, ↑loyalty, ↑miracle, ↑news, ↑obedience, ↑perfection, ↑reception, ↑recompense, ↑recovery, ↑reply, ↑reprisal, ↑return, ↑sale, ↑snow, ↑submission, ↑summons, ↑twin, ↑upturn, ↑visitor, ↑worst

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