expect

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expect/ɪkˈspekt/

▶verb

• 1 regard as likely to happen, do, or be the case.

  ■ suppose or assume: I expect I'll be late.

• 2 believe that (someone) will arrive soon.

  ■ (be expecting) informal be pregnant.

• 3 require as appropriate or rightfully due.

  ■ require (someone) to fulfil an obligation.

– derivatives
expectable adjective,
expectably adverb,
expected adjective,
expectedly adverb.

– origin C16: from L. exspectare ‘look out for’.