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expect

English

  1. 🔊 look forward to the birth of a child
    “She is expecting in March”
  2. 🔊 consider reasonable or due
    “I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed”
  3. 🔊 regard something as probable or likely
    “The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”
  4. 🔊 look forward to the probable occurrence of
    “We were expecting a visit from our relatives”
  5. 🔊 consider obligatory
    “We require our secretary to be on time”
  6. 🔊 be pregnant with
    “She is bearing his child”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 aguardar to expect
  2. 🔊 esperar to expect
  3. 🔊 expectar to expect

Similar words

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