expectest
expectest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of expect.
Meaning of expect
Verb
expect (third-person singular simple present expects, present participle expecting, simple past and past participle expected)
- To predict or believe that something will happen
- when you least expect it
- Synonyms:
- anticipate, hope, look for, bargain for
- To consider obligatory or required.
- England expects that every man will do his duty.1805, Nelson, Horatio via Pasco, John, signal sent at the Battle of Trafalgar
- To consider reasonably due.
- My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.
- To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
- We are expecting our third in June.
- To wait for; to await.
- Let's in, and there expect their coming.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To wait; to stay.
- I will 'expect until my change in death, / And answer at Thy call1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- wait
Origin of expectest
expect + -est
Questions about expectest
- What is expectest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Expectest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of expect.
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