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ex⋅pect

  [ik-spekt]
Use expecter in a Sentence
–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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Main Entry: ex·pect
Pronunciation: ik-'spekt
Function: intransitive verb
: to be pregnant : await the birth of one's child —used inprogressive tenses expecting next month>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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