单词 | expecting |
释义 | expectingn. The action of expect v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] to-hopec888 weenOE hopea1225 thoughta1350 opiniona1425 attentc1430 looking1440 presume?a1500 beliefa1522 expectation1527 expection1532 looking for1532 looking after?1537 expecting1568 imagination1582 expectance1593 suppose1596 expect1597 expectancy1609 apprehensiona1616 contemplationa1631 prospect1665 supposition1719 speculationa1797 augury1871 preperception1871 1568 N. Sanders Briefe Treat. Vsurie iii. f. 12 There is great oddes betwene open bargaining for vsurie, and priuie expecting of some reward. 1606 W. Drummond Let. 18 July in Wks. (1711) 232 After many many Reports and long expecting, the King of Denmark is come hither. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 296 Sometimes, some vnseasonablenesse of the yeere frustrates his expecting. 1721 J. Perry Glory Christ's Visible Kingdom xii. 158 Our Lord would have..reproved them for their expecting of and looking for that which he had never promised. 1823 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 318 A strange and fearful Expecting. 1895 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 16 176 The action of awaiting, expecting or abiding was conceived as extended in time. 1960 Philos. Rev. 69 478 Willing is..an activity..different from the wonderings, thinkings, supposings, expectings, picturings, and so forth, that comprise our mental activities. 2011 N. Eliasoph Making Volunteers xii. 212 Nobody mentioned why these (non-white) children were considered ‘at-risk’, or who was doing the expecting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). expectingadj. 1. That awaits or looks forward to something; expectant. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [adjective] expecting1605 expectative1611 waiting1654 in wait1873 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. sig. K2 Our bed, that brake This morning, burden'd with the populous weight Of our expecting Clients to salute vs. View more context for this quotation 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 108 The expecting crowd Haue throng'd the streets. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 80 The Captain came in with an expecting Face. 1741 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs 28 in Lett. That Impatience which the Frailty of human Nature gives to expecting Heirs. a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 330 Her little expecting Partner. 1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 95 To reside and labour in his own expecting Greek Diocese. 1919 Illinois Law Bull. May 218 This is true even where the expecting beneficiaries voluntarily contribute to the fund. 2004 M. Bamberger Wonderland iv. 66 It was that time in a pregnancy when all conversations, against the expecting mother's wishes, quickly head to the due date. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected futurec1374 in a possibility1523 forestalled1543 looked-for1548 anticipatec1550 expected1558 long-looked-for1562 looked1565 in expectation1570 expectable1619 expecting1621 in perspective1633 unsurprising1671 in prospect1694 perspective1710 in prospective1746–7 prospective1809 anticipated1814 presumable1825 anticipatable1872 ex ante1937 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 496 The Campe they gained, the night before the expecting time of Combat. Derivatives exˈpectingly adv. now rare. in an expectant manner or attitude; expectantly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adverb] expectedly1632 expectingly1677 expectantly1771 anticipatingly1851 waitingly1882 1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 61 I expectingly believe, and hopingly wait for a coming day. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 112/1 The waiter was standing expectingly at the corner of the sideboard. 1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room ix. 198 He had forgotten completely his gun, which lay faithfully and expectingly in his two noble hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568adj.1605 |
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