adj
Meaning 1
Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The expected storm never arrived.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
expected
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪkˈspɛk.tɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P EH1 K T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 K S P EH1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of expect
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- prepared for the expected attack
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unexpected
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սպասված (spasvac) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Czech: očekávaný — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Danish: forventet — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Danish: ventet — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Dutch: verwacht — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Finnish: odotettavissa — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- French: attendu — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- German: erwartet — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Hebrew: צָפוּי (tsafúi) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Hindi: अपेक्षित (apekṣit) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Hungarian: várt — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Japanese: 予想内の (yosōnai no) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Japanese: 想定内の (sōteinai no) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Japanese: 予想通りの (yosōdōri no) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Japanese: 織り込み済みの (orikomizumi no) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Macedonian: очекуван (očekuvan) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Norwegian Bokmål: ventet — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Norwegian Bokmål: forventet — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Russian: ожидаемый (ožidajemyj) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Spanish: anticipado — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Turkish: beklendik — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Turkish: beklenen — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
- Ukrainian: очікуваний (očikuvanyj) — anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
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