Thesaurus: expect

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1. v. t. To wait for; to await.
2. v. t. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
3. v. t. To wait; to stay.
4. n. Expectation.
5. v. regard something as probable or likely
6. v. consider obligatory; request and expect
7. v. look forward to the probable occurrence of
8. v. consider reasonable or due
9. v. look forward to the birth of a child
10. v. be pregnant with