Level | A2 |
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Kind | verb |
Front | expect |
IPA | /ɪkˈspekt / verb [transitive] |
Back | beklemek, ummak talep etmek, beklemek |
Back 2 | expect (verb) /ɪkˈspekt
/ verb [transitive]
1 to
think or believe that sb/sth will come or that sth will happen
beklemek, ummak
She was expecting a letter from the bank
this morning but it didn't come.
I expect that it will rain this afternoon.
He expected it to be hot in Washington and
it was.
I know the food's not so good, but what did
you expect from such a cheap restaurant?
She's expecting a baby in the spring.
note at WAIT1
2
expect sth (from sb);
expect sb to do sth
to feel confident that
you will get sth from sb or that they will do what you want
talep
etmek;
beklemek, ummak
He expects a high standard of work from
everyone.
Factory workers are often expected to work
at nights.
3 [not
used in the continuous tenses](British)
to think that sth is
true or correct; to suppose
sanmak
‘Whose is this suitcase?’ ‘Oh it's Angela's,
I expect.’
‘Will you be able to help me later?’ ‘I expect
so.’
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