expected

[expected]

Something expected is likely to happen: it's probable. During winter, snow is expected.

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Adjective
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"

Adjective S.
expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"; "expected income"

Adjective S.
looked forward to as probable


imp. & p. p.
of Expect


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Usage Examples

By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians.

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.

Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president, and Americans had voted for change. What that change might be Roosevelt never clearly said, probably because he himself didn't know.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.

'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.

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