Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur:
To expect a visit from a friend.
Anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it:
Do you anticipate trouble?
If you tell someone not to expect something, you mean that the thing is unlikely to happen as they have planned or imagined, and they should not hope that it will.
If you expect (or anticipate) something, you are fairly sure that it is coming, though you might not be totally certain.
You might expect to graduate from a certificate program on time, barring unforeseen.
To think that something will probably or certainly happen often followed by to + verb;
To think that (someone or something) will arrive or that (something) will happen
To look forward to;
Regard as likely to happen;
Anticipate the occurrence or the coming of.
See examples of expect used in a sentence.
Definition of expect verb from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
[transitive] to think or believe that something will happen or that somebody will do something.
Expect something the company is.
To think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive:
Normal and what usually.
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To expect is to look forward to the likely occurrence or appearance of someone or something:
We should not expect something for nothing—but we all do and call it hope (edgar w.