- expect
- verbADVERB▪ 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: ↑observerExpect 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
