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expect
How many syllables in expect?
   135629874 syllablesDivide expect into syllables:   ex-pect
Stressed syllable in expect:   ex-pect
How to pronounce expect:   ik-spekt
How to say expect: 
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Synonyms for expect
1 syllable
- ask 
- guess 
- think 
- bet 
- hope 
- trust 
2 syllables
- assume 
- demand 
- presume 
- suppose 
- wait for
- count on 
- intend 
- require 
- suspect 
3 syllables
- imagine 
4 syllables
- anticipate 
- look ahead to
- be expecting
- look forward to
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What rhymes with expect
1 syllable
- Brecht 
- decked 
- necked 
- pecked 
- specht 
- wecht 
- checked 
- Hecht 
- pecht 
- sect 
- trekked 
- wechts 
2 syllables
- abject 
- affect 
- bedecked 
- cathect 
- confect 
- convect 
- cowl-necked 
- deflect 
- detect 
- dissect 
- effect 
- elect 
- ewe-necked 
- infect 
- inject 
- inspect 
- object 
- perfect 
- prefect 
- project 
- protect 
- refect 
- reject 
- respect 
- roll-necked 
- stiff-necked 
- suspect 
- transect 
- unchecked 
- V-necked 
- advect 
- aspect 
- bisect 
- collect 
- connect 
- correct 
- defect 
- deject 
- direct 
- Dordrecht 
- eject 
- erect 
- goosenecked 
- inflect 
- insect 
- neglect 
- pandect 
- porrect 
- prelect 
- prospect 
- rechecked 
- reflect 
- resect 
- ring-necked 
- select 
- subject 
- traject 
- trisect 
- Utrecht 
3 syllables
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