how to pronounce expect

/ɪkˈspɛkt/

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expect is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of expect in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… okay so can we expect to see greg and …”

meaning of expect

Expect means to anticipate with confidence that something will happen or be the case.

expect frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word expect occurs in english on average 101.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics expect can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that expect can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;