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Verbs (14)

v. consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

v. look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"

v. look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

ask, require, expect

v. consider obligatory; request and expect; "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"

have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

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Fuzzynyms (88)

hope, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

hope, trust, desire

v. expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee

v. realize beforehand

anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter

v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

expect, look, await, wait

v. look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

carry

v. transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"

carry

v. have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"

impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel

v. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

convey

v. transmit a title or property

take, bring

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

transfer

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

fetch

v. take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!"

bring, convey, take

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

carry, hold, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

hold, bear, carry, contain

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

change state, turn

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

hope, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

hope, trust, desire

v. expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee

v. realize beforehand

anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter

v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

claim, take, exact

v. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"

necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

v. require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

request

v. inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"

demand

v. summon to court

invite, ask for

v. increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"

picture, depict, render, show

v. show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

chop, hack

v. cut with a hacking tool

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

hack

v. cut away; "he hacked his way through the forest"

hack, hack on

v. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works; "I'm not very good at hacking but I'll give it my best"

Synonyms (4)

corroborate, underpin, bear out, support

v. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

Antonyms (7)

abort

v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

miscarry

v. suffer a miscarriage

invite, call for

v. request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"

propose, suggest, advise

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

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