Devised and Expected
(imp.&p.p.) of Devise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
verb
- Regard something as probable or likely.
- usage: "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
- synonyms: expect, anticipate
- Consider obligatory; request and expect.
- usage: "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- Look forward to the probable occurrence of.
- usage: "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
- Consider reasonable or due.
- usage: "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
- synonyms: expect
- Look forward to the birth of a child.
- usage: "She is expecting in March"
- synonyms: expect
- Be pregnant with.
- usage: "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
- synonyms: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
adjective
- Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive.
- usage: "prepared for the expected attack"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(imp.&p.p.) of Expect.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary