| ADJECTIVE | all | expected | considered likely or probable to happen / happen or arrive |
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| Sounds | ihkspeh'ktahd; ihkspeh'ktihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | Considered likely or probable to happen / happen or arrive. | |
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| Example | "prepared for the expected attack" | |
| Narrower | anticipated, awaited, hoped-for | Expected hopefully / hopefully |
| due | scheduled to arrive | |
| expectable | To be expected | |
| matter-of-course | expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome | |
| See also | unsurprising | not causing surprise |
| Opposite | unexpected | not expected or anticipated |
| Spanish | anticipado, esperado | |
| Nouns | expectedness | the state of being that is commonly observed |
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