Definition of Expect

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Expect

To wait for; to await.

To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.

To wait; to stay.

Expectation.

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Expect Quotations

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Zig Ziglar

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Zig Ziglar

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.
Thomas Jefferson

We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.
Barack Obama

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark Twain

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Kahlil Gibran

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael Jordan

We tend to get what we expect.
Norman Vincent Peale

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
John F. Kennedy

Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.
W. C. Fields

Expect Translations

expect in Afrikaans is wag, wag vir, verwag
expect in Dutch is te wachten staan, wachten, afhalen
expect in Finnish is odottaa
expect in German is erwarten, erwarten, entgegensehen
expect in Italian is attendere, fare i conti
expect in Latin is exspecto
expect in Norwegian is forvente, anta
expect in Portuguese is espere, esperar

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