Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Supposed and expected are semantically related in participle topic. In some cases you can use "Supposed" instead the word "Expected" as an adjective or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- likely and expected
- likely and supposed
- assumed and expected
- assumed and supposed
- required and expected
- required and supposed
- accepted and expected
- accepted and supposed
- probable and expected
- probable and supposed
- inferred and expected
- inferred and supposed
- considered and expected
- considered and supposed
Both words in one sentence
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A somewhat more redeeming justification is that the show isn't supposed or expected to accurately portray a real-life language - though it still gives a false image.
Source: As Long as It Sounds Foreign - That sort of behavior is expected from the bad guys, the followers of The Antichrist, but these are supposed to be the heroes and the audience is supposed to be on their side.
Source: The Fundamentalist - We are expected to believe that Victor doesn't find it a bit odd that they're supposed to end up together.
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