Collocations for "expected"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "expected" in context.
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expect
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- expect to [receive, find out, hear back]
- [can, should] expect to see [results, an improvement]
- expect [something, nothing] in return
- expected your [arrival, presence, attendance] (at)
- expecting [guests, visitors, friends, members]
- are expecting [50, several, many] guests
- are expecting them at [10:00]
- expect [at least, fewer than, more than]
- expect the [results, outcome] will be
- expect the [results] to be
- expect [payment, shipment]
- expecting it from [Amazon, Europe]
- they are expected to arrive at (10:00)
- expected to attend
- expected to [know, here back] by now
- expected to [increase, grow, continue]
- is expected by [Friday, December]
- [rain, snow, a heatwave] is expected (for)
- [better, worse] than expected
- better than I was expecting (it to be)
- not as bad as I expected (it to be)
- what [to, you can] expect (at)
- I wasn't expecting that!
- I expect so
- I expect that's [why, the reason]
- I expect you're [wondering, hungry, tired]
- [she is, she's] expecting
- she is expecting a baby [boy, girl, twins, in June]
'expected' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
December
- F
- November
- October
- actually
- affect
- amount
- anxiety
- applicant
- arise
- arrive
- attend
- backlog
- bargaining
- behave
- benefit
- beyond
- bidding
- birth
- bow
- chemical
- chore
- closer
- complex
- complicated
- conform
- day
- decrease
- delay
- delivery
- demanding
- depression
- disruption
- downtime
- earnings
- economy
- effective
- effort
- emerge
- encore
- entertaining
- equal
- escalation
- everything
- exact
- exactly
- expect
- expensive
- fairness
- fare