คาดไว้(kâat wái)

Meanings

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[to] expect; [to] anticipate

to expect or anticipate that something will happen, often implying the expectation was formed in advance.

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)รถติดrót dtìtรถติดrót dtìt1traffic jam; congestion2[to] have heavy traffic; be congestedมากกว่าmâak gwàaมากกว่าmâak gwàa1more; to a greater degree2more than; over (with numbers/amounts)3[to] exceed; be greater thanที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)คาดไว้kâat wáiคาดไว้kâat wái[to] expect; [to] anticipate
The traffic today is worse than I had expected.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

คาดkâatคาดkâat1[to] strap on; gird (literary)2[to] estimate; gauge; approximate3[to] expect; anticipate; supposePart 1
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ไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reservePart 2
คาดไว้kâat wáiคาดไว้kâat wái[to] expect; [to] anticipate