expected

Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.

Adjective

  1. Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
    • The expected storm never arrived.

Forms

more expected most expected

Antonyms

unexpected surprising unlikely

Derived

expected date of confinement expected goal expectedly expectedness expected value inexpected to be expected

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of expect

Related

expect expectation

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