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Top 1,000verb, imperfective

ожида́ть

[ɐʐɨˈdatʲ]to expect, to anticipate

Frequency rank #730 About 1 in every 7,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
ожидать #730

Meaning

  1. to expect, to anticipate

Examples

Мы не ожида́ли тако́й бы́строй побе́ды.

We didn’t expect such a quick victory.

Forms by frequency

  • ожида́лmasculine, singular, past#2,381
  • ожида́лаfeminine, singular, past#4,356
  • ожида́тьinfinitive#4,719
  • ожида́етsingular, 3rd person, present#6,374
  • ожида́лиplural, past#7,650
  • ожида́юsingular, 1st person, present#10,477
  • ожида́ютplural, 3rd person, present#11,703
  • ожида́яpresent, gerund#13,414
  • ожида́емplural, 1st person, present#16,716
  • ожида́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#17,329
  • ожида́етеplural, 2nd person, present#19,414
  • ожида́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#30,645
  • ожида́ющийpresent, participle
  • ожида́вшийpast, participle

and 5 more forms

Words near #730

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