[ɛkˈspɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- regard (something) as likely to happen
(e.g: it's as well to expect the worst)


Phrases:
- be expecting
- to be expected
- what do you expect?

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘defer action, wait’): from Latin exspectare ‘look out for’, from ex- ‘out’ + spectare ‘to look’ (frequentative of specere ‘see’)