expect

expect
1. v ожидать, ждать

I expected you yesterday — я ждал вас вчера

I expect a telephone call — мне должны позвонить

I did not expect such a thing of you — такого я от тебя не ожидал

to expect a little stranger — ждать прибавления семейства

2. v рассчитывать, надеяться

I expect to be back on Sunday — я рассчитываю вернуться в воскресенье

3. v требовать

you do not expect me to do this work in a day, do you? — вы же не требуете, чтобы я сделал эту работу в один день ?

a reporter is expected to have a good memory — для работы репортёра требуется хорошая память

4. v разг. предполагать, полагать, думать

will he be late? — I expect so — он опоздает? — Вероятно, да

their job is expected to take between ten and twelve days — на эту работу у них уйдёт дней десять — двенадцать

it is ridiculous to expect me to believe such lies — неужели вы могли подумать, что я поверю такой лжи!

Синонимический ряд:
1. anticipate (verb) anticipate; calculate; contemplate; count; count on; count upon; envision; foresee; hope; look; look out for
2. await (verb) await; bargain on; depend on; figure on; look for
3. require (verb) demand; exact; insist on; require
4. understand (verb) assume; believe; conceive; gather; imagine; presume; suppose; suspect; take; think; understand
Антонимический ряд:
realise; recognise; welcome

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • Expect — Développeur Don Libes Dernière version …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Expect — Ex*pect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expecting}.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See {Spectacle}.] 1. To wait for; to await. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Let s in, and there expect… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • expect — expect, hope, look, await are comparable when they mean to have something in mind as more or less certain to happen or come about. They vary, however, so greatly in their implications and in their constructions that they are seldom… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • expect — [ek spekt′, ikspekt′] vt. [L expectare, exspectare < ex , out + spectare, to look, freq. of specere, to see: see SPECTACLE] 1. to look for as likely to occur or appear; look forward to; anticipate [I expected you sooner] 2. to look for as due …   English World dictionary

  • expect — was the object of much criticism during the 19c when it was used to mean ‘to suppose, surmise’, as in I expect you d like a drink. Fowler, however, regarded it as a natural extension of meaning and wrote (1926) that ‘it seems needless purism to… …   Modern English usage

  • expect — [v1] believe strongly; anticipate apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, bargain on, be afraid, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, count on, divine, envisage, feel, figure, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gather, hope, hope for, imagine, in the… …   New thesaurus

  • Expect — Ex*pect , v. t. To wait; to stay. [Obs.] Sandys. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Expect — Ex*pect , n. Expectation. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • expect — I (anticipate) verb await, bargain for, be certain, be confident, be prepared, calculate upon, count on, expectare, have in prospect, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, provide for, reckon on, sperare, wait for, watch for associated …   Law dictionary

  • expect — 1550s, wait, defer action, from L. expectare/exspectare await, look out for, desire, hope, from ex thoroughly (see EX (Cf. ex )) + spectare to look, frequentative of specere to look at (see SCOPE (Cf. scope) (1)). Figurative sense of …   Etymology dictionary


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