Same and Expected

noun

• A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
  • synonyms: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Saame
• The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
  • synonyms: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Saame

adjective

• Same in identity.
  • usage: "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
• Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.
  • usage: "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
• Equal in amount or value.
  • usage: "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
  • synonyms: like
• Unchanged in character or nature.
  • usage: "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"

• (v.i.) Just mentioned or just about to be mentioned.
• (v.i.) Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
• (v.i.) Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.

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"
  • synonyms: ask, require, expect
• 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"
  • synonyms: expect, look, await, wait
• 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"