We use expect to say that we believe that something will happen….Expect.
| expect + object: | She’s expecting a second baby. |
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| expect + that-clause: | We expected that the guest house would have much better rooms. |
| expect + object + to-infinitive: | The company expects her to be early. |
What is the mean of expect?
: to think that something will probably or certainly happen. : to think that (someone or something) will arrive or that (something) will happen. : to consider (something) to be reasonable, required, or necessary.
What does it mean to expect someone?
2[transitive] (often used in the progressive tenses) to be waiting for someone or something to arrive, as this has been arranged expect somebody/something to expect a visit/call/letter from someone Are you expecting visitors? We were expecting him yesterday.
What else can we expect Meaning?
used for saying that something does not surprise you, even though it is unpleasant or makes you feel disappointed.
What does didn’t expect mean?
I didn’t expect that” is when you didn’t expect something at the moment. For example: “Yesterday the cat ran across the street, I wasn’t expecting that!”. ” The cat ran across the street, I didn’t expect that!”. So if the boy tells the girl right at the moment, then she would say “I didn’t expect that”.
What’s the difference between expect and wait?
‘Expect’ is a verb. It can be an intransitive or a transitive verb. ‘Wait’ is also a verb and can be used as an intransitive or transitive verb. It takes on more of the meaning of being patient, or staying in a certain place until something happens or someone comes.
What is #!/ Usr bin expect?
The first line defines the expect command path which is #!/usr/bin/expect . On the second line of code, we disable the timeout. The spawn command is used to start a script or a program like the shell, FTP, Telnet, SSH, SCP, and so on. The remaining lines are the Expect script that interacts with our shell script.
Do not know what to expect meaning?
If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will.
What else can we expect meaning?
