expect

1. Regard something as probable or likely (synset 200721658)
   "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
   is a type of: evaluate, judge, pass judgment - form a critical opinion of
   subtypes:

   • guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think - expect, believe, or suppose
   • assume, presume, take for granted - take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
   • conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
   • believe, trust - be confident about something
   same as: anticipate
   verb group: await, expect, look, wait - look forward to the probable occurrence of
2. Consider obligatory;
   Request and expect (synset 200757790)
   "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
   is a type of: demand - request urgently and forcefully
   subtypes: call - require the presentation of for redemption before maturation
   same as: ask, require
3. Look forward to the probable occurrence of (synset 200721987)
   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
   subtypes:

   • expect - look forward to the birth of a child
   • look forward - expect or hope for
   • look to - turn one's interests or expectations towards
   • hang on, hold on, hold the line - hold the phone line open
   • anticipate, look for, look to - be excited or anxious about
   same as: await, look, wait
   verb group: anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely
4. Consider reasonable or due (synset 200594097)
   "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
   is a type of: consider, reckon, regard, see, view - deem to be
5. Look forward to the birth of a child (synset 200059147)
   "She is expecting in March"
   is a type of: await, expect, look, wait - look forward to the probable occurrence of
   verb group: bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven - be pregnant with
6. Be pregnant with (synset 200058790)
   "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
   entail: conceive - become pregnant; undergo conception
   is a type of: bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have - cause to be born
   same as: bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven
   verb group:

   • bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have - cause to be born
   • expect - look forward to the birth of a child

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