expect
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expect (3ª persona sing. presente expects, participio presente expecting, passato semplice e participio passato expected)
- prevedere, aspettarsi
- richiedere, pretendere che, aspettarsi che
- supporre che
- aspettare
- (solo nelle forme "continuous") essere in gravidanza
IPA: /ɪkˈspɛkt/, /ɛkˈspɛkt/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal latino expectāre, exspectāre, dal verbo expectō, exspectō ("aspettare"), unione di ex e spectō, frequentativo di speciō
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
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- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary