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    ex·pect
    [ikˈspek(t)]
    verb
    expect (verb) · expects (third person present) · expected (past tense) · expected (past participle) · expecting (present participle)
    1. regard (something) as likely to happen:
      "we expect the best" · "he expects the stock market to sink further" · "we expect that farmers will harvest 63 million acres of hay"
      • regard (someone) as likely to do or be something:
        "they were not expecting him to continue"
      • believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon:
        "Celia was expecting a visitor"
      • look for (something) from someone as rightfully due or requisite in the circumstances:
        "we expect great things of you"
      • require (someone) to fulfill an obligation:
        "we expect employers to pay a reasonable salary"
      • informal
        (I expect)
        used to indicate that one supposes something to be so, but has no firm evidence or knowledge:
        "they're just friends of his, I expect" · "I expect you know them?"
    Origin
    mid 16th century (in the sense ‘defer action, wait’): from Latin exspectare ‘look out for’, from ex- ‘out’ + spectare ‘to look’ (frequentative of specere ‘see’).
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    verb
    1. regard (something) as likely to happen:
      anticipate
      await
      look for
      look forward to
      contemplate
      bank on
      predict
      forecast
      foresee
      prophesy
      envisage
      envision
      hope for
      watch for
      look ahead to
      have in prospect
      bargain for/on
      be prepared for
      plan for
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