expect.
To predict or believe that something will happen
Meaning & usage
To predict or believe that something will happen
when you least expect it
I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg.
To consider obligatory or required.
To consider reasonably due.
My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.
You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week.
To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
We are expecting our third in June.
To wait for; to await.
To wait; to stay.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.