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Expect Pronunciation
Expect is pronounced ik-SPEKT, IPA /ɪkˈspɛkt/.
ik-SPEKT
US /ɪkˈspɛkt/ · UK /ɛkˈspɛkt/
Syllables: ik · SPEKT (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To believe that something will happen or that someone will arrive.
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Expect in a Sentence
- We expect about forty people on the night.
- I did not expect the road to be closed.
- She is expecting a call from the surveyor.
Common Mispronunciations of Expect
Not EK-spekt
Volume waits for SPEKT, and the opening ik passes almost unheard.
Not eg-ZEKT
This x hisses rather than buzzes, giving ks, because a consonant follows it. The buzzing gz needs a vowel after the x, as in exact.
Tip: Expect, except and accept are three separate words, and the sounds in the middle of each are the only clue.
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