verb
1.
to anticipate in the mind
did not expect him for dinner
Synonyms: await, count (on or upon), hope, look
Related Word: anticipate, apprehend, divine, foreknow, foresee
Idioms: bargain on ( or for), look for
Antonyms: despair (of)
2.
Synonyms: understand 3, assume, believe, gather, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, suspect, take, think
Related Word: feel, sense; presume, presuppose