English-Finnish translations for expect

• odottaa
  Tätä emme osanneet kuitenkaan odottaa. But it was never to be expected.
  Emme selvästikään voi odottaa mitään. Obviously, we can expect nothing.
  On kohtuutonta odottaa enempää. It is unreasonable to expect more.
• odotella

Definition of expect

• To predict or believe that something will happen
• To consider obligatory or required
• To consider reasonably due
• To be pregnant, to consider a baby due
• To wait for; to await
• To wait; to stay

Examples

• I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg
• He never expected to be discovered
• We ended up waiting a little longer than we had expected
• The doctor said he expected me to make a full recovery
• You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week

Related words

• unexpected
• expectation
• expectant
• unexpectedly
• expectancy
• expecting
• expected
• expectorating
• expectorate