Expect and Rely

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Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

Usage example: we expect their arrival late this afternoon

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Rely is a synonym for expect in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Rely" instead a verb "Expect", when it comes to topics like believe, think.

Rely verb - To place reliance or trust.

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Expect is a synonym for rely in feeling topic. You can use "Expect" instead a verb "Rely", if it concerns topics such as believe, think, anticipate, have confidence in.

Nearby Words: reliable, relying, relied

attack	expect attack	rely attack
people	expect people	rely people
form	expect form	rely form
time	expect time	rely time
Other words: use, bit, game, less, war.

As the games' hardware improved, they began to rely less on this and more on smarter AI; nonetheless, you can still expect fast drop speeds against later opponents.

Source: Video Game / Puyo Puyo
Expect the Officer and a Gentleman to rely on him quite a bit in running the unit, ala Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough.

Source: Old Soldier
Equally contrary to what you'd expect, their lives are amazingly mundane, causing several jokes to rely on observational humor centered around aspects of day to day life in NYC, which has granted the strip several comparisons to Seinfeld.

Source: Webcomic / Alien Loves Predator

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