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Meaning of expect

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  expect
      v 1: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists
           are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: {expect},
           {anticipate}]
      2: consider obligatory; request and expect; "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" [syn: {ask}, {require}, {expect}]
      3: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were
         expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a
         promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: {expect},
         {look}, {await}, {wait}]
      4: consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation
         as to why these files were destroyed"
      5: look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in
         March"
      6: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
         expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his
         child" [syn: {have a bun in the oven}, {bear}, {carry},
         {gestate}, {expect}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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