Expect vs Shall - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between expect and shall

is that 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) while shall is Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense, particularly in the first person singular or plural.

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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shall
English

Verb
(wikipedia shall)
(modal auxiliary verb, defective)

I shall sing in the choir tomorrow .

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall' be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I ' shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

(determination''): ''You shall go to the ball!

(obligation''): ''Citizens shall provide proof of identity.

Shall we go out later?

(obsolete) To owe.

Usage notes
* Shall'' is about one fourth as common relative to ''will in North America as in the UK. Some in North America may consider it formal or even pompous. * In the past, will'' and ''shall'' have been used similarly as auxiliary verbs for the future tense. The simple future tense traditionally uses ''shall for the first person ("I" and "we"), and will for the second and third persons. *: I shall go. *: You will go. * An emphatic future tense, with a sense of (must), reverses the two words, using will'' for the first person and ''shall for the second and third person. *: I will go. *: You shall go. * Usage can be reversed in questions and in dependent clauses—especially with indirect discourse. For example: Shall''' you do it?'' is equivalent in meaning to '''''Will''' you do it?'' as it anticipates your response ''I '''shall''' do it.'' Or: ''he says that he '''shall''' win'' or ''he expects that he '''shall''' win'' report his saying ''I '''shall''' win'', not ''I '''will win.
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* ought * shalt * shan't * should * will *
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