expected

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛk.tɪd/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pect‧ed

Adjective

expected (comparative more expected, superlative most expected)

1. Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.

   The expected storm never arrived.

Antonyms

• unexpected
• surprising
• unlikely

Derived terms

• expected date of confinement
• expected goal
• expectedly
• expectedness
• expected value
• inexpected
• to be expected

Translations

anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

Armenian: սպասված (spasvac) Czech: očekávaný (cs) m Danish: forventet, ventet Dutch: verwacht (nl) Finnish: odotettavissa (fi) French: attendu (fr) German: erwartet (de) Hebrew: צָפוּי (tsafúi) Hindi: अपेक्षित (apekṣit) Hungarian: várt (hu) Japanese: 予想内の (yosōnai no), 想定内の (ja) (sōteinai no), 予想通りの (yosōdōri no), 織り込み済みの (orikomizumi no) Macedonian: очекуван (očekuvan) Norwegian: Bokmål: ventet (no), forventet (no) Russian: ожидаемый (ru) (ožidajemyj) Spanish: anticipado (es) Turkish: beklendik (tr), beklenen Ukrainian: очікуваний (očikuvanyj)

Verb

expected

1. simple past and past participle of expect

Related terms

• expect
• expectation

Anagrams

• excepted