expectations

/ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 3rd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ɛkspɛk - ˈteɪʃən -> expectations

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) မျှော်လင့်ချက်များ

Full entry

expect /Çk'spekt/ v

၁။ (က) ~ sth (from sb/sth) မျှော်လင့်သည်။ မှန်းသည်။ ထင်သည်။ တွက်သည်။ This is the parcel we've been expecting (from New York). ❍ I expect (that) I'll be back on Sunday. ❍ You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a week. ❍ We expected him (to arrive) yesterday. ❍ House prices are expected to rise sharply. ❍ You would expect there to be some disagreement on this point.
(ခ) ~ sth (from sb) ယုံကြည်ထား သည်။ မျှော်လင့်ထားသည်။ ထင်ထားသည်။ I was half expecting a present (from her) and was rather disappointed when I didn't get one. ❍ I'm still learning the job so please don't expect too much (from me). ❍ Don't expect any sympathy from me! ❍ WAIT
၂။ ~ sth (from sb) လိုလားသည်။ An officer expects obedience from his men/expects that his men will obey him/expects his men to obey him. ❍ I expect you to be punctual. ❍ You will be expected to work on Saturdays.
၃။ (infml esp Brit ) ထင်သည်။ ‘Who has eaten all the cake?’ ‘Tom, I expect/I expect (that) it was Tom. ’ ❍ ‘Will you be late?’ ‘I expect so. ’
❏ be expecting (a baby/child) [IDM ] (infml ) ကိုယ်ဝန် ရှိသည်။ I hear Sally's expecting again.
❏ expectancy /Çk'spektǝnsi/ n [U] မျှော်လင့်ထားဟန်။ မျှော်လင့်နေပုံ။ There was an air/a sence of expectancy among the waiting crowd. See also LIFE EXPECTANCY
❏ expectant /Çk'spektǝnt/ adj
၁။ မျှော်လင့်စောင့်စား သော။ children with expectant faces waiting for the pantomime to start.
၂။ ကလေးရတော့မည် ဖြစ်သော။
expectantly adv
❏ expect sth of sb/sth [PHRV ] ယုံကြည်မျှော်လင့် ထားသည်။ I expected better of him (ie that he would behave better). ❍ People expect courtesy of the police. Compare UNEXPECTED
❏ (be only) to be expected [IDM ] ဖြစ်လာနိုင်တယ်။ ဖြစ်တတ်တယ်။ ဖြစ်ရိုးဖြစ်စဉ်ပဲ။
A little tiredness after taking these drugs is to be expected. ❍ It is only to be expected your sonwill leave home eventually.

More examples

We’re expecting good weather at the weekend.
The trial is expected soon.
[expect (that)] : Investors expect that the rate of inflation will rise.
[expect someone/something to do something] : I didn’t really expect you to understand.
We were expecting the letter to arrive by now.
[when you least expect it] : An accident can happen at any time, just when you least expect it.
[half expect] : She half expected him to be angry with her.
[as expected] : As expected, the party was a great success.
Don’t expect me to help you.
A new hairstyle will improve your appearance, but you can’t expect miracles.
I’m expecting visitors this evening.
Are you expecting a parcel?
[expect someone home/back/in] : What time do you expect Sara home?
Our customers expect good service.
[expect to do something] : I expect to get paid on time.
[expect someone/something to do something] : It’s not fair to expect me to do all the housework.
[expect something of/from someone] : The level of fitness expected of a professional footballer

Synonyms

wait for, be expecting, anticipate, look forward to, look ahead to, apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, bargain on, be afraid, believe, calculate, call for, conjecture, contemplate, count on, demand, divine, envisage, exact, feel, figure, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gather, guess, hope, hope for, imagine, in the cards, insist on, look, look ahead, look for, predict, presume, presuppose, reckon, rely upon, require, see coming, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust, understand, want, watch for, wish

Antonyms

disbelieve, disregard, know, misunderstand, neglect, overlook