One can't expect everything from schools.
Source: tatoeba (1413)
Expect
//ɪkˈspɛkt//
Synonyms for "expect" (170 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
hold ashope against hopehope and prayhope forhope inhope to godimagineinferjudgekeep in viewlean uponletlet belie aheadlive in hopeslooklook forlook forward tolook upon asloom
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maintainmeannearneednurture the hopeopineplanplotpredictprefigurepresumepresupposepresurmiseprojectprophesyproposeprovisionally acceptreckonreckon onregardrelyrely onreputerequirerest assuredsaysenseset down assupposesurmisesuspecttaketake fortake for grantedtake ittake to bethinkthreatentrowtrustunderstandview aswait forwantweenwish
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6 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
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2 entriesrelated to
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12 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- προσδοκάω verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Arabic
1 entries- تَوَقَّعَ verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Armenian
4 entries- ակնկալել verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- ակնկալել verb (to consider obligatory)
- ենթադրել verb (to consider obligatory)
- ենթադրել verb (to consider reasonably due)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ummaq verb (to consider reasonably due)
Bashkir
1 entries- көтөү verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оча́ква се verb (to consider reasonably due)
- оча́квам verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Catalan
2 entries- esperar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- predir verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 期待 verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- 期望 verb (to consider reasonably due)
- 預料 /预料 verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Czech
1 entries- očekávat verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Danish
3 entries- forvente verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- forvente verb (to consider obligatory)
- forvente verb (to consider reasonably due)
Dutch
3 entries- verwachten verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- verwachten verb (to consider obligatory)
- verwachten verb (to consider reasonably due)
Esperanto
1 entries- anticipi verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Finnish
4 entries- ajatella verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- odotella verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- odotella verb (to consider obligatory)
- odottaa verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
French
4 entries- attendre verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- attendre verb (to consider obligatory)
- prédire verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- s'attendre à verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Georgian
2 entries- ლოდინი verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- მოლოდინი verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
German
3 entries- erwarten verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- erwarten verb (to consider obligatory)
- erwarten verb (to consider reasonably due)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Greek
1 entries- αναμένω verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Hebrew
2 entries- ציפה verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- ציפה verb (to consider reasonably due)
Hungarian
4 entries- elvár verb (to consider obligatory)
- elvár verb (to consider reasonably due)
- számol (with -val/-vel) verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- számít verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Irish
3 entries- coinne a bheith agat ar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- dréim verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- súil a bheith agat ar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Italian
4 entries- aspettarsi verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- aspettarsi verb (to consider obligatory)
- aspettarsi verb (to consider reasonably due)
- pensare verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Japanese
1 entries- 期待する verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Khmer
1 entries- រំពឹង verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Korean
1 entries- 기대하다 verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Latin
3 entries- expecto verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- exspecto verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- spērō verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Macedonian
1 entries- очекува verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Māori
2 entries- kawatau verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- tūmanako verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Nahuatl
1 entries- chiya verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- forvente verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- forvente verb (to consider obligatory)
- forvente verb (to consider reasonably due)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- forvente verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- forvente verb (to consider obligatory)
- forvente verb (to consider reasonably due)
Old English
1 entries- wēnan verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوممق verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Persian
1 entries- انتظار داشتن verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Polish
4 entries- oczekiwać verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- oczekiwać verb (to consider obligatory)
- oczekiwać verb (to consider reasonably due)
- spodziewać się verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Portuguese
4 entries- aguardar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- esperar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- esperar verb (to consider obligatory)
- predizer verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Romanian
1 entries- prezice verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Russian
3 entries- наде́яться verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- ожида́ть verb (to consider obligatory)
- ожида́ть verb (to consider reasonably due)
Slovene
4 entries- nadejati se verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- pričakovati verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- pričakovati verb (to consider obligatory)
- pričakovati verb (to consider reasonably due)
Spanish
4 entries- aguardar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- esperar verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- esperar en verb (to consider reasonably due)
- esperarse verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Swahili
1 entries- kutazamia verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Swedish
4 entries- förvänta verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- förvänta verb (to consider obligatory)
- förvänta verb (to consider reasonably due)
- vänta sig verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Tamil
2 entries- எதிர்பார் verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- எதிர்ப்பார்த்தல் verb (to consider obligatory)
Thai
1 entries- คาดหวัง verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Tocharian B
1 entries- päkw verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Ukrainian
3 entries- наді́ятися verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
- очі́кувати verb (to consider obligatory)
- очі́кувати verb (to consider reasonably due)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mong đợi verb (to look for, look forward to, anticipate)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
You can't expect me to always think of everything!
Source: tatoeba (1490)
Don't expect others to think for you!
Source: tatoeba (1493)
Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
Source: tatoeba (1799)
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