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ex·pect (ek spekt′, ik-)

transitive verb

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

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

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expect Idioms

be expecting

Informal to be pregnant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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