expected

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪksˈpɛktɪd/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pect‧ed

Adjective

expected (comparative more expected, superlative most expected)

1. Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

   The expected storm never arrived.

Antonyms

• unexpected
• surprising
• unlikely

Derived terms

• expectedness

Translations

anticipated

Czech: očekávaný (cs) m. Finnish: odotettavissa (fi) German: erwartet (de)

Hungarian: várt (hu) Spanish: anticipado (es) m.

Verb

expected

1. Simple past tense and past participle of expect.

Related terms

• expect
• expectation

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: British · meant · tears · #755: expected · considered · proper · writing

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