expect

Meanings

• regard something as probable or likely
  • "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
• consider obligatory; request and expect
  • "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
• look forward to the probable occurrence of
  • "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"
• consider reasonable or due
  • "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
• look forward to the birth of a child
  • "She is expecting in March"
• be pregnant with
  • "The are expecting another child in January"

Synonyms

anticipate, ask, await, bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven, look, require, wait