Expect and Weigh

Expect

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

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Weigh and expect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weigh" instead a verb "Expect".

Weigh verb - To be of importance.

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Expect and weigh are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expect" instead a verb "Weigh".

Nearby Words: weight, weighted, weighting, weighing, weigher

amount	expect amount	weigh amount
use	expect use	weigh use
bit	expect bit	weigh bit
story	expect story	weigh story
Other words: damage, nothing, less, tons, times.

No Conservation of Mass: Shrunken items don't seem to retain their old mass, instead weighing what you'd expect an object that size to weigh.

Source: Western Animation / Despicable Me
As a Panzerfaust can weigh up to 9.4 kilograms, this probably worked a lot better than most would expect.

Source: Improbable Use of a Weapon
Light tanks suffer from this trope quite a bit, as it so often happens where better modules (especially a new turret) weigh more, leaving you to wonder why your pimped-out Luchs drives like a slug when you expect it to dash like a greyhound.

Source: Video Game / World of Tanks

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