EXPECT

verb see: spy Date: 1560 intransitive verb wait , stay , to look forward, to be pregnant ; await the birth of one's child, transitive verb await , to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of , suppose , think , 4. to consider probable or certain , to consider reasonable, due, or necessary , to consider bound in duty or obligated , ~able adjective ~ably adverb ~edly adverb ~edness noun Synonyms: see: ~