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As a verb expect

is 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 a letter e is

the letter e with a circumflex.

expect

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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).
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  • To consider obligatory or required.
  • To consider reasonably due.
  • To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
  • (obsolete) To wait for; to await.
  • * (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616):
    • Let's in, and there expect their coming.
  • *1825 , (Walter Scott), , A. and C. Black (1868), 24-25:
    • The knight fixed his eyes on the opening with breathless anxiety, and continuing to kneel in the attitude of devotion which the place and scene required, expected the consequence of these preparations.
  • (obsolete) To wait; to stay.
    • (Sandys)

    Usage notes

    * Expect'' is a mental act and has always a reference to the future, to some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he expects to survive. ''Think]]'' and ''believe'' have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future; as I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a not uncommon use of ''expect'', which is a confusion of the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. ''[[await, Await'' is a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See ''anticipate . * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * anticipate * look for * await * hope

    Derived terms

    * expected adjective * expecting adjective * unexpected

    Related terms

    * expectable * expectancy * expectant * expectation noun

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    External links

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    Anagrams

    * except 1000 English basic words

    e

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=d, next=f, image= (wikipedia e)

    Letter

  • The fifth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (select similar letters and symbols) * (other scripts) * See

    Symbol

    (Close-mid front unrounded vowel) (head)
  • (label) The base of natural logarithms, a transcendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459
  • Symbol separating mantissa from the exponent in scientific notation.
    • 1.2566e-6 = 1.2566 × 10-6
  • close-mid front unrounded vowel
  • (l)
    • a'' ? ''e''''' = '''''e'' ? ''a'' = ''a
  • (label) electron

    • Synonyms

    * (electron) * (identity element) , (chiefly matrices) (l)

    See also

    {{Letter , page=E , NATO=Echo , Morse=· , Character=E5 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin E.png, Capital and lowercase versions of E , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter E.png, Uppercase and lowercase E in Fraktur Image:Uncial e.png, Approximate form of upper case letter E in uncial script that was the source for lower case e ----