Accept vs. Expect
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To endure patiently.
Acceptverb
To agree to pay.
Acceptverb
(transitive) To receive officially.
Acceptverb
(intransitive) To receive something willingly.
Acceptadjective
(obsolete) Accepted.
Acceptverb
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.
Acceptverb
To receive with favor; to approve.
Acceptverb
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
Acceptverb
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
Acceptverb
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
Acceptverb
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
Acceptadjective
Accepted.
Acceptverb
consider or hold as true;
Acceptverb
receive willingly something given or offered;
Acceptverb
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to;
Acceptverb
react favorably to; consider right and proper;
Acceptverb
admit into a group or community;
Acceptverb
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
Acceptverb
tolerate or accommodate oneself to;
Acceptverb
be designed to hold or take;
Acceptverb
of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
Acceptverb
make use of or accept for some purpose;
Acceptverb
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal;
Expectverb
To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).
Expectverb
To consider obligatory or required.
Expectverb
To consider reasonably due.
Expectverb
(continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
Expectverb
To wait for; to await.
Expectverb
To wait; to stay.
Expectverb
To wait for; to await.
Expectverb
To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; - often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
Expectverb
To wait; to stay.
Expectnoun
Expectation.
Expectverb
regard something as probable or likely;
Expectverb
consider obligatory; request and expect;
Expectverb
look forward to the probable occurrence of;
Expectverb
consider reasonable or due;
Expectverb
be pregnant with;
Expectverb
look forward to the birth of a child;
Expectverb
regard (something) as likely to happen
Expectverb
regard (someone) as likely to do or be something
Expectverb
believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon
Expectverb
require (something) as rightfully due or appropriate in the circumstances
Expectverb
require (someone) to fulfil an obligation
Expectverb
used to indicate that one supposes something to be so but has no firm evidence
Expect
Expect is an extension to the Tcl scripting language written by Don Libes. The program automates interactions with programs that expose a text terminal interface.
