Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be expected; that may be expected.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That may be expected or looked for.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being
expected . Notunusual .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective to be expected
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Examples
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There is no reason and much risk in turning expectable grief into diagnosable mental disorder.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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There is no reason and much risk in turning expectable grief into diagnosable mental disorder.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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There is no reason and much risk in turning expectable grief into diagnosable mental disorder.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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There is no reason and much risk in turning expectable grief into diagnosable mental disorder.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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IV thus makes a crucial distinction between the transient pain of expectable grief and the severe and/or persistent symptoms of major depression.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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He is not personally responsible for the individual acts of his drug-crazed clients, but his acts are rendered immoral by the perfectly expectable results of his actions as a whole.
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There is no reason and much risk in turning expectable grief into diagnosable mental disorder.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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IV thus makes a crucial distinction between the transient pain of expectable grief and the severe and/or persistent symptoms of major depression.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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To me, if a meeting starts at 12: 00 ... showing up at 11: 55 is expectable.
Dealing With The Tardiness Of Others | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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IV thus makes a crucial distinction between the transient pain of expectable grief and the severe and/or persistent symptoms of major depression.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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