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expected

DEFINITIONS OF: expected

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adj considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

“prepared for the expected attack”
Synonyms
anticipated, awaited, hoped-for
expected hopefully
due
scheduled to arrive
expectable
to be expected
matter-of-course
expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome
unsurprising
not causing surprise
Antonyms:
unexpected
not expected or anticipated
unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
without warning or announcement
out of the blue, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for
not anticipated
unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of
so unexpected as to have not been imagined
unprovided for
not prepared or ready for
upset
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
surprising
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
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