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Definition of Expected

1. Adjective. Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive. "Prepared for the expected attack"

Definition of Expected

1. Adjective. Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur ¹

2. Verb. (past of expect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expected

1. expect [v] - See also: expect

Medical Definition of Expected

1. In probability theory and statistics, interchangeable with mean or average; it need not be a probable or even possible value. For instance, the expected number of children in completed families may be 2.53, but that is not a possible size of any actual family. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Expected

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Frank Hesketh Peters (1881)
"... for the same degree of accuracy is no more z« expected to be expected in all kinds of reasoning than in all «>*«needs' -I-PP1 1 « . subject nor to kinds ..."

2. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"Why should an auctioneer and appraiser thirty years ago, who had as good as forgotten his freeschool Latin, be expected to manifest a delicate scrupulosity ..."

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