expected

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of expect. Use this form to talk about expecting something at an earlier time.

   We expected more people at the party.

   She had expected a different answer from her teacher.

   UsageBe expected to + a verb often means you are supposed to do it.

2. 2
   adjective

   Believed or predicted to happen, to come, or to be true.

   Like seeing dark clouds and knowing rain is on the way.

   The expected delay never happened, so the train left right on time.

   The expected snow never came, so school stayed open.

   UsageOften before a noun (the expected snow), or in than expected: longer than expected.

   Similaranticipated, likely, projected, predictable

   Oppositeunexpected, unforeseen, surprising, unanticipated

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