expected

Definition of Expected in English :

1. expected

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

Example Sentences:
'prepared for the expected attack'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Expected

adjective

anticipated

The expected letter never came.

Their expected time of arrival is 6 o'clock.

What is their expected date of arrival?

Six weeks was the expected time it would take to resolve such an inquiry.

She had been born before the expected time.

next year's expected $1.8 billion deficit

Less than half the expected number turned out to the demonstration.

v. ex·pect·ed, ex·pect·ing, ex·pects

v.tr.

1.

a. To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of: expecting a phone call; expects rain on Sunday.

b. To consider likely or certain: expect to see them soon. See Usage Note at anticipate.

2. To consider reasonable or due: We expect an apology.

3. To consider obligatory; require: The school expects its pupils to be on time.

4. Informal To presume; suppose.

v.intr.

To be pregnant. Used in progressive tenses: My wife is expecting again.