Expect Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Expect V1 V2 V3
expect
Meanings;
- Regard (something) as likely to happen.(transitive verb)
| Verb(V1) |
Past Tense(V2) |
Past Participle(V3) |
| expect |
expected |
expected |
| Verb – es(Ves) |
Verb – ing(Ving) |
| expects |
expecting |
Synonyms
anticipate, await, look for, hope for, watch for, look forward to, look ahead to, have in prospect,
Example Sentences with expect
- He’ll be coming to the meeting, I expect.
- Knights were expected, above all, to fight bravely and to display military professionalism and courtesy.
- Paul did not expect to be invited.
- You can’t expect much sympathy from Jessica.
- If the affluent cannot afford hope, you cannot expect the destitute to pay for desperation.
- Affably he placed one of his long white arms around her waist; she turned to him then, contentedly, expectantly, and secure.
- The people expected a victory speech.
- You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.
- George certainly didn’t expect to win.
- Already means that something happened earlier than we expected.
- She felt slightly guilty for eavesdropping on Kaz, but he was the one who had turned her into a spy. You couldn’t train a falcon, then expect it not to hunt.
- Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.
- The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
- You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.
- In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought.
- Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
- Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.
- When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.
- Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.