expect: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 17 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of expect
verb
- ambitransitive
To predict or believe that something will happen
Example: when you least expect it
To consider obligatory or required.
To consider reasonably due.
Example: My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.
To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
Example: We are expecting our third in June.
Listed forms: expects, expecting, expected, glossary, expectest.
Source: Wiktionary — expect.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for expect.
verb
regard something as probable or likely
verb
consider obligatory; request and expect
verb
look forward to the probable occurrence of
verb
be pregnant with
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is expect in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of expect
E(1) + X(8) + P(3) + E(1) + C(3) + T(1) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of expect
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from expect
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in expect. Showing up to 24, longest first.