expect

  1. Verb.  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).
  2. Verb.  To consider obligatory or required.
  3. Verb.  To consider reasonably due.
  4. Verb.  (context, continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) to be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
  5. Verb.  (obsolete) To wait for; to await.

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