expect

Meaning

To predict or believe that something will happen
To consider obligatory or required.
To consider reasonably due.
To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
(obsolete) To wait for; to await.
(obsolete) To wait; to stay.

look forward to

hope for

require

look forward

look out for

wish for

be jealous of

have a bun in the oven

hint at

be determined

look forward tọ

aspire to

believe in

speculate

strive for

think ahead

be intent on

watch for

be reliable

have expectation

hope in

fix one’s mind on

have hope

look forwasd to

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ex‧pect

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈspɛkt/

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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