expect
verb
[ ɪkˈspɛkt ]
• regard (something) as likely to happen.
• "it's as well to expect the worst"
Similar:
anticipate,
await,
look for,
hope for,
watch for,
look forward to,
look ahead to,
have in prospect,
contemplate,
bargain for/on,
bank on,
be prepared for,
plan for,
predict,
forecast,
foresee,
prophesy,
envisage,
envision,
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’).
be expecting
• be pregnant.
• "his wife was expecting again"
Similar:
pregnant,
expecting a baby,
having a baby,
having a child,
carrying a child,
enceinte,
in the family way,
expecting a happy event,
eating for two,
preggers,
preggy,
with a bun in the oven,
with one in the oven,
in the club,
in the pudding club,
up the duff,
up the spout,
up the stick,
knocked up,
preggo,
clucky,
in trouble,
in pod,
gravid,
parturient,
with child,
heavy/big with child,
in a delicate condition,
in an interesting condition,
childing,
on the way,
impregnate,
