to be expected
English
Adjective
to be expected (not comparable)
- likely to happen; typical, predictable
- Some fighting among the siblings is to be expected.
Further reading
- “to be expected”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “it’s (only) to be expected” (US) / “it’s (only) to be expected” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “to be expected”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
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