Expect Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Expect
To make a supposition; suppose or believe:
To imagine or know as a probable occurrence; anticipate or predict:
To make an estimate or conjecture:
To be in need of; need
To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
To wait for; expect
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To suppose is to assume something without conviction or to assume something without full understanding or knowledge.
insist upon
To require
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of.
To look forward to confidently
The definition of calculate is to use reason or common sense to determine something, or to use math to determine an answer.
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To perceive through the sense of touch:
(Archaic) To foresee
(Chiefly Southern & South Midland) To think or conclude:
To be inclined or desirous; wish:
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figure on
To look forward to confidently
To endure something with tolerance or patience:
To carry within the uterus from conception to delivery.
To appear to be; seem
To expect or demand:
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(Agric.) To bear as a crop; produce
To picture in the mind; imagine.
With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission. [from 14th c.]
To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence:
hope for
To anticipate
Antonyms for Expect
lose faith in
anticipate
anticipate
To anticipate with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; fear intensely
To be afraid:
Words Related to Expect
To speak of or consider a matter prematurely
To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated:
To oblige to do or not do by force of authority, propriety, or custom
most likely
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be able
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