EXPECT, EXPECTANT, EXPECTATION, EXPECTED
ADJECTIVES
1629 ► SPERATORY resting in hope or expectation; hoped for, hopeful, expected → obs.
1898 ► ALL ON END eager, expectant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1909 ► TO ONE’S NOTION to one’s liking, up to one’s expectations or standards → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
..888 ► TO-HOPE hope, expectation → obs.
1275 ► I-WON hope; expectation; resource; chance, fortune → obs.
15C.. ► ESPERANCE hope or expectation → arch.
1548 ► OPINION the thought of what is likely to happen; expectation; apprehension → obs.=
1746 ► NINNY-WATCH a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary → Eng. dial.
1824 ► ODD-COME-SHORT-LIES an occasion or day close at hand → Sc.
1859 ► TIPPY-TOES the height of expectation → Eng. dial.
1866 ► ONHING patient waiting or expectation; the act of meanly and lazily staying in a place; tedious delay → Sc.
1898 ► BEHOPES hope, expectation → N. Ireland & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1000 ► I-WENE to expect; to hope; to think, to suppose → obs.
E19.. ► NOT ALL IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE well below expectations
1830 ► CALCULATE to think, to expect, to believe → US colloq.
1836 ► COME UP TO CHALK → COME UP TO THE CHALK to fulfil expectations; to be satisfactory → US sl.
1877 ► AIM to suppose, to conjecture; to anticipate, to forecast, to expect → Eng. dial.
1891 ► CUT THE MUSTARD to be able to do something requiring youth or vigour; to come up to expectations; to reach the required standard
1913 ► SPEC to expect → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► INTEND to expect → Amer. dial.
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