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halfexpect

halfexpect is the alternative form of half-expect.

Meaning of half-expect

Verb

half-expect (third-person singular simple present half-expects, present participle half-expecting, simple past and past participle half-expected)

  1. Almost to expect; to think that something may happen, without being entirely sure.
    • - I'm afraid we have no appointments available until next week.
      - Oh, that's all right; I half-expected that.

Forms of halfexpect

third-person singular presenthalfexpects
present participlehalfexpecting
past participlehalfexpected
pasthalfexpected

Origin of halfexpect

From half- + expect.

Questions about halfexpect

What is halfexpect the alternative form of?
Halfexpect is the alternative form of half-expect.

Words near halfexpect in the dictionary

  1. halfendeal
  2. halfer
  3. halfers
  4. Halferty
  5. Halfertys
  6. halfexpect
  7. halfful
  8. halfgod
  9. halfgods
  10. halfgraben
  11. halfhazard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: halfexpect (page history and authors); half-expect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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