expected

Verb

• regard something as probable or likely
• consider obligatory; request and expect
• look forward to the probable occurrence of
• consider reasonable or due
• look forward to the birth of a child
• be pregnant with
• simple past and past participle of expect

Adjective

• considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
  • "prepared for the expected attack"

Adj

• Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur

Examples

• The expected storm never arrived.

Synonyms

anticipate, ask, await, bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven, look, require, wait

Antonyms

unexpected, surprising, unlikely

Related Words

expect, expectation

Anagrams of expected