expect

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To think or believe that something will probably happen.

   The forecasters are expecting rain tomorrow.

2. 2
   verb

   To believe that someone should do something, as a duty or requirement.

   My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.

3. 3
   verb

   To be going to have a baby.

   She is expecting her first child in March.

Common collocations

• expect a baby Verb + noun
• expect rain Verb + noun
• expect a child Verb + noun
• expect a return Verb + noun

From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).

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