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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
ex·pect    Audio Help   [ik-spekt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
2.to look for with reason or justification: We expect obedience.
3.Informal. to suppose or surmise; guess: I expect that you are tired from the trip.
4.to anticipate the birth of (one's child): Paul and Sylvia expect their second very soon.
—Idiom
5.be expecting, to be pregnant: The cat is expecting again.
[Origin: 1550–60; < L ex(s)pectāre to look out for, await, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + spectāre to look at, freq. of specere; see spectacle]

—Related forms
ex·pect·a·ble, adjective
ex·pect·a·bly, adverb
ex·pect·ed·ly, adverb
ex·pect·ed·ness, noun
ex·pect·er, noun
ex·pect·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. Expect, anticipate, hope, await all imply looking to some future event. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. Anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
—Usage note 3. This sense of expect (I expect you went with them. I expect you want to leave now.) is encountered in the speech of educated people but seldom in their writing.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  expect
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To look forward to confidently.
Synonyms:  anticipate, await, bargain for, count on, depend on, look for, wait
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  expect
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  anticipate, assume, await, calculate, deem, demand, envision, feel, forecast, foresee, guess, hope, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, think, want, look forward to
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  require
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To oblige to do or not do by force of authority, propriety, or custom.
Synonyms:  suppose
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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