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ex⋅pect

  [ik-spekt]
–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.
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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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ex·pect   (ĭk-spěkt')   
v.   ex·pect·ed, ex·pect·ing, ex·pects

v.   tr.

    1. To look forward to the probable occurrence or appearance of: expecting a telephone call; expects rain on Sunday.

    2. To consider likely or certain: expect to see them soon. See Usage Note at anticipate.

  2. To consider reasonable or due: We expect an apology.

  3. To consider obligatory; require: The school expects its pupils to be on time.

  4. Informal To presume; suppose.

v.   intr.

  1. To look forward to the birth of one's child. Used in progressive tenses: His sister is expecting in May.

  2. To be pregnant. Used in progressive tenses: My wife is expecting again.


[Latin exspectāre : ex-, ex- + spectāre, to look at, frequentative of specere, to see; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·pect'a·ble adj., ex·pect'a·bly adv., ex·pect'ed·ly adv., ex·pect'ed·ness n.
Synonyms: These verbs relate to the idea of looking ahead to something in the future. To expect is to look forward to the likely occurrence or appearance of someone or something: "We should not expect something for nothing—but we all do and call it Hope" (Edgar W. Howe).
Anticipate sometimes refers to taking advance action, as to forestall or prevent the occurrence of something expected or to meet a wish or request before it is articulated: anticipated the attack and locked the gates.
The term can also refer to having a foretaste of something expected: anticipate trouble.
To hope is to look forward with desire and usually with a measure of confidence in the likelihood of gaining what is desired: I hope to see you soon.
To await is to wait expectantly and with certainty: eagerly awaiting your letter.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

expect 
1393 (implied in expectant), from L. expectare "await, hope," from ex- "thoroughly" + spectare "to look," freq. of specere "to look at" (see scope (1)). Fig. sense of "anticipate, look forward to" developed in Latin. Used since 1817 as a euphemism for "be pregnant."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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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