to be expected

Adjective

Meaning

to be expected (not comparable)

likely to happen; typical, predictable
Some fighting among the siblings is to be expected.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

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Examples

All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected. Donald Trump

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten

It seems to be expected of every pilgrim up the slopes of the mathematical Parnassus, that he will at some point or other of his journey sit down and invent a definite integral or two towards the increase of the common stock. James Joseph Sylvester

That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. Thomas Jefferson

It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. Frank B. Kellogg

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought. Margaret Chase Smith

Close letter words and terms

To be erected To be exalted To be exhausted to be fair To be famous To be fanned