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East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down?

Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine?

Finally , at last , lastly or in the end? First , firstly or at first? Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer?

Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened?

Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy?

Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell? Double the expected number of people came to the meeting. She confidently expects to win. We can expect to see an improvement in the weather over the next few days.

My parents fully expect us to get married. I would expect the factory to be working again as normal by next week. The economy is expected to pick up in the first half of next year. This kind of behaviour is to be expected from a two-year-old. Was she really naive enough to expect that he had changed?

Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Join us Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Want to learn more? Synonyms demand demand require expect insist ask These words all mean to say that somebody should do or have something.

We insist on the highest standards at all times. Ask is not as strong as demand or expect , both of which can be more like a command. We are expecting a lot of applicants for the job. I expect that he'd have left anyway. We were half expecting you not to come back. All parents of small children get tired.

It's to be expected. I don't expect we'll have any more trouble from him. Gosh, I didn't expect to see you here! I'd expected to put weight on when I gave up smoking , but I didn't. Our department expects to make five new appointments this year alone.

This is your captain speaking. We expect to be landing at London Heathrow in an hour's time. Planning, expecting and arranging. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Habitual and customary. B2 [ T ] to think that someone should behave in a particular way or do a particular thing:. I expect punctuality from my students. We expect these practices to cease forthwith.

Some people expect instant gratification. You shouldn't expect others to do your work for you. It annoys me that she just expects us to help. The governors and the education authority expect all pupils to attend school assembly. B2 to be pregnant :. She shouldn't be lifting those boxes if she's expecting. Kate and Dom are expecting a baby. Obstetrics: pregnancy. Related word expected.

Grammar Expect , hope or wait? Expect, hope or wait : typical errors. To expect is also to ask for something to happen because you think you have a right to ask for it:.