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 — see also anticipated

• 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: esperado (es), aguardado (es), be expected: esperarse (es), aguardarse (es);
• Turkish: beklendik (tr), beklenen
• Ukrainian: очікуваний (očikuvanyj)

Verb

expected

1. simple past and past participle of expect

Related terms

• expect
• expectation

Anagrams

• excepted