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Expect Pronunciation

Pronounce Expect as EH EH K S P EH K T.

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    Expect phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'expect'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of expect: /ɛkspɛkt/
    • Modern IPA representation of expect: /ɛxpɛct/

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    List of meaning for expect

    to guess or suppose

    expect, anticipate(verb)

    regard something as probable or likely

    "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

    ask, require, expect(verb)

    consider obligatory; request and expect

    "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

    expect, look, await, wait(verb)

    look forward to the probable occurrence of

    "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

    expect(verb)

    consider reasonable or due

    "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

    expect(verb)

    look forward to the birth of a child

    "She is expecting in March"

    have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect(verb)

    be pregnant with

    "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

    to believe in the future occurrence of (something)

    we expect their arrival late this afternoon

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    expect in sentence

    1. Students expect their teachers to exemplify good behavior at all times.

    2. We do not expect my ailing grandfather to live much longer.

    3. The performance given by the middle schoolers was underwhelming, but to be honest I didn’t expect much.

    4. Your parents expect you to carry out the chores they have given you, whether or not your household pays allowance for them.

    5. You should expect your child to be adversely affected by his father’s death.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term expect

    Resolving these issues is an important part of our plan for Barclays and, although it may be difficult, I expect that we will make significant progress in this area in 2015, i regard the behaviour at the centre of these investigations as wholly incompatible with our values, and I share the frustration of colleagues and shareholders that matters like these continue to cast a shadow over our business.

    – Chief Executive Antony Jenkins

    You can clearly see break points very much correlated to break points you would expect in life.

    – Jonas Prising

    When you see these conservative companies increasing investment, you can expect (other) Japanese executives to ramp up spending, i think we're at a critical juncture now.

    – Yukitoshi Funo

    Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.

    – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    And as the defender of North America, the United States officially, in the ballistic missile defense, I think the American people expect me to take the threat seriously.

    – William Gortney

    I would not expect Spain to outperform, but I do not expect this to damage the European equity story, europe is benefiting from several stimuli: European Central Bank quantitative easing, the lower euro which helps exports, and the lower oil price which puts money in consumers' pockets.

    – Kevin Lilley

    I guess that's what you expect first up, i thought that second half was a lot more clinical.

    – Richie McCaw

    We expect that offshore windfarms will be built without support, but the falling cost trend is very encouraging.

    – Piotr Naimski

    Unnecessary items saw a dramatic decline already. With what's happening now we expect the decline to be even deeper.

    – Euromonitor International

    They still don't expect any kind of catastrophic release of the slide, and the risk of any kind of rock fall or debris fall is very low.

    – Assistant Town Manager Roxanne Robinson

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