{
    "term": "expect",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "expect",
            "heSheIt": "expects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "expected",
        "pastParticiple": "expected",
        "ingForm": "expecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to think or believe that something will happen or that somebody will do something",
            "sensetop": "expect somethingexpect something from somebody/somethingexpect something of somebody/somethingexpect to do somethingexpect somebody/something to do somethingexpect (that)…it is expected that…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company is expecting record sales this year.",
                    "contextForm": "expect something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Change often happens **when you least expect it**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't expect sympathy from me!",
                    "contextForm": "expect something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's not the sort of behaviour I expect of you!",
                    "contextForm": "expect something of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They **never expected** to find their dream home.",
                    "contextForm": "expect to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I looked back, **half expecting** to see someone following me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Analysts expect the company to announce growth of at least 5 per cent.",
                    "contextForm": "expect somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **fully expected** her to refuse my offer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "House prices are expected to rise sharply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you really expect me to believe you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people were expecting (that) the peace talks would break down.",
                    "contextForm": "expect (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is **widely expected** that interest rates will rise.",
                    "contextForm": "it is expected that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are expecting a rise in food prices this month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn’t expect him to become a successful writer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is expected that the report will suggest some major reforms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As expected, they lost the election."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I do not necessarily expect an easy answer to this question."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Will Bill be there?’ ‘I expect so.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't really expect them to come."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Double the expected number of people came to the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She confidently expects to win."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can expect to see an improvement in the weather over the next few days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would expect the factory to be working again as normal by next week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is expected to pick up in the first half of next year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This kind of behaviour is to be expected from a two-year-old."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Was she really naive enough to expect that this plan would work?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["confidently", "fully", "rightly"],
                "verb + expect": ["be fair to", "be natural to", "be reasonable to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "as expected",
                    "(only) to be expected",
                    "be widely expected"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be waiting for somebody/something to arrive, as this has been arranged",
            "sensetop": "expect somebody/somethingexpect somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to expect a visit/call/letter from somebody",
                    "contextForm": "expect somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were expecting him yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are not expected until tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you expecting visitors?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm expecting an important call."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were expecting him to arrive yesterday.",
                    "contextForm": "expect somebody to do something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to demand that somebody will do something because it is their duty or responsibility",
            "sensetop": "expect somethingexpect something from somebodyexpect something of somebodyexpect somebody to do somethingexpect to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is **reasonable to expect** changes in the way we work.",
                    "contextForm": "expect something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one **has a right to expect** good results without working hard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These are the high standards that hotel guests have **come to expect**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's still getting over his illness, so it's unrealistic to expect too much from him.",
                    "contextForm": "expect something from somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you clear what is expected of you?",
                    "contextForm": "expect something of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't **reasonably expect** people to pay such high taxes.",
                    "contextForm": "expect somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are expected to work on Saturdays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be **unreasonable to expect** them to do all that work for free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I expect to be paid promptly for the work.",
                    "contextForm": "expect to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They expected all their children to be high achievers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are entitled to expect certain minimum standards of accommodation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We expect good results from our employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rightly expect the law to be obeyed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think my parents always expected too much of me."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["confidently", "fully", "rightly"],
                "verb + expect": ["be fair to", "be natural to", "be reasonable to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "as expected",
                    "(only) to be expected",
                    "be widely expected"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used when you think something is probably true",
            "sensetop": "expect (that…)",
            "labels": "(especially British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Will you be late?’ ‘**I expect so**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Are you going out tonight?’ ‘**I don't expect so**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Who’s eaten all the cake?’ ‘Tom, I expect/I expect it was Tom.’",
                    "contextForm": "expect (that…)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be pregnant",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ann's expecting a baby in June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't know she was expecting!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be likely to happen; to be quite normal",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A little tiredness after taking the medication is to be expected."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody not to be surprised by something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She swore at you? What do you expect when you treat her like that?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspekt/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expect__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspekts/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspektɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspekt/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expect__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspekts/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspektɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/expect/expecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘defer action, wait’): from Latin exspectare ‘look out for’, from ex- ‘out’ + spectare ‘to look’ (frequentative of specere ‘see’)."
}