Used in a Sentence

expecting

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for expecting.

Editorial note

This means that the exit they are expecting would need be at least 10-30x of it, that is 1.8 to 5 billion.

Examples19
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The process by which somebody expects something.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of expecting gathered in one view.

noun

The process by which somebody expects something.

adjective

Expectant.

adjective

(not comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for expecting.

noun

The process by which somebody expects something.

adjective

Expectant.

adjective

(not comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

Example sentences

1

This means that the exit they are expecting would need be at least 10-30x of it, that is 1.8 to 5 billion.

2

I might have thought it was cool if I had gone in expecting bands, but expecting actual thread, and seeing bands was a let down.

3

Mostly the errors are expecting that a calculation is using signed arithmetic when it's not, and getting a large positive value where you expected a small negative value.

4

We're expecting a candidate early in or just beginning their career, with a familiarity with Linux.

5

Investors were valuing Twitter at close to $40 Billion because they were expecting Facebook-like growth.

6

Also if you're expecting a lecturer in the Feynmanian stratosphere, you might be disappointed.

7

I was expecting his argument about how life is a really simulation, still a good read nonetheless.

8

They are expecting you win coding marathons when you work there?

9

I kept searching for London / Croydon / Brighton expecting my city to update.

10

I found that in practice, expecting people to remember to do that was problematic.

11

I disagree - I think a lot of people were expecting exactly that[1].

12

It's OK to link dynamically against the operating system platform, but generally a program knows what version of the OS it is built for and expecting to be compatible with.

Quote examples

1

"Replace the whole [whatever] philosophy" is a good example of expecting everyone to agree, which is probably impossible.

2

"Number of times the Earth has been destroyed: 1" I was expecting this to reference the event that created the moon.

3

From the title, I was expecting something completely else; reading the article I thought "nothing new" and eventually I was left with "there's some dude doing something".

4

Actually, given the history of 3rd party development on the device, I think this was "Plan A" and the App Store was "Plan B." When you watch the first couple of Stevenotes that came during and after the iPhone's public announcement, you'll note that Apple was originally expecting developers to only make web apps.

Proper noun examples

1

Expecting your friends not to use cloud services seems a bit unreasonable and unenforceable.

2

Expecting it to create a nice alternating up/down pattern is wishful thinking.

3

Expecting coverage of the Volumetric Layered Materials and Manifold Exploration.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use expecting in a sentence?

This means that the exit they are expecting would need be at least 10-30x of it, that is 1.8 to 5 billion.

What does expecting mean?

The process by which somebody expects something.

What part of speech is expecting?

expecting is commonly used as noun, adjective.