expect

Expect is defined as to look forward to, require or consider due.

(verb)

See expect in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to look for as likely to occur or appear; look forward to; anticipate: I expected you sooner
to look for as due, proper, or necessary: to expect a reward
Informal to suppose; presume; guess
Obsolete to wait for

Origin: L expectare, exspectare < ex-, out + spectare, to look, freq. of specere, to see: see spectacle

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See expect in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ex·pect·ed, ex·pect·ing, ex·pects

verb, transitive

a. To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of: expecting a telephone call; expects rain on Sunday.
b. To consider likely or certain: expect to see them soon. See Usage Note at anticipate.
To consider reasonable or due: We expect an apology.
To consider obligatory; require: The school expects its pupils to be on time.
Informal To presume; suppose.

verb, intransitive

To look forward to the birth of one's child. Used in progressive tenses: His sister is expecting in May.
To be pregnant. Used in progressive tenses: My wife is expecting again.

Origin:

Origin: Latin exspectāre

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + spectāre, to look at

Origin: , frequentative of specere, to see; see spek- in Indo-European roots

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