oczekiwany

Oczekiwany is a Polish adjective meaning "expected" or "anticipated." It describes something that is awaited or regarded as likely to occur by someone. The word can apply to events, results, people, or documents and often conveys a sense of anticipation.

In grammar, oczekiwany agrees with the noun it modifies: masculine singular oczekiwany, feminine singular oczekiwana, neuter singular oczekiwane; in plural forms, masculine personal oczekiwani, and other plural forms such as oczekiwane. The adjective is derived from the verb oczekiwać (to expect) or its perfective counterpart czekać (to wait for). It can function in both attributive and predicative positions.

Common collocations include oczekiwany wynik (expected result), oczekiwany gość (expected guest), oczekiwany termin (expected/due date), and oczekiwana odpowiedź (expected reply). The term often carries a neutral or practical tone, but depending on context it can imply a degree of anticipation, importance, or inevitability.

Usage notes: oczekiwany emphasizes that something is awaited or foreseen by someone, whereas synonyms like spodziewany highlight expectation based on signs or probability, and przewidywany emphasizes forecasting. The choice among them can affect nuance in formal and informal registers.

In everyday and formal Polish, oczekiwany appears across journalism, administration, and everyday speech to denote anticipation of forthcoming events or results.