Showing posts with label expect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label expect. Show all posts

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Except And Expect


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ex·cept
/ikˈsept/
preposition
  1. 1.
    not including; other than.

    "naked except for my socks"

    synonyms:excluding, not including, excepting, omitting, not counting, but, besides, apart from, aside from, barring, bar, other than, saving; More
conjunction
  1. 1.
    used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made.

    "I didn't tell him anything, except that I needed the money"
verb
FORMAL
  1. 1.
    specify as not included in a category or group; exclude.

    "he excepted from his criticism a handful of distinguished writers"

    synonyms:exclude, omit, leave out, count out, disregard; 
    exempt
    "lawyers are all crooks, present company excepted"





    ex·pect
    /ikˈspekt/
    verb
    verb: expect; 3rd person present: expects; past tense: expected; past participle: expected; gerund or present participle: expecting
    1. regard (something) as likely to happen.

      "we expect the best"

      synonyms:anticipate, await, look for, hope for, look forward to; More
      • regard (someone) as likely to do or be something.

        "they were not expecting him to continue"

        synonyms:suppose, presume, think, believe, imagine, assume, surmise; More
      • believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon.

        "Celia was expecting a visitor"
      • look for (something) from someone as rightfully due or requisite in the circumstances.

        "we expect great things of you"

        synonyms:require, ask for, call for, want, insist on, demand
        "we expect total loyalty"
      • require (someone) to fulfill an obligation.

        "we expect employers to pay a reasonable salary"
      • INFORMAL
        used to indicate that one supposes something to be so, but has no firm evidence or knowledge.

        "they're just friends of his, I expect"


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