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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)

  1. (ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
    • when you least expect it
  2. 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
    Synonyms:
    call for, demand
  3. To consider reasonably due.
    • My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.
    Synonyms:
    hope, want, wish
  4. (continuous aspect only) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
    • We are expecting our third in June.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) 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]...
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) 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.

Words near expectest in the dictionary

  1. expectedst
  2. expectee
  3. expectees
  4. expecter
  5. expecters
  6. expectest
  7. expecteth
  8. expectible
  9. expectile
  10. expectiles
  11. expectimax

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