1. Regard something as probable or likely
   "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow";
   - anticipate
    
2. Look forward to the probable occurrence of
   "We were expecting a visit from our relatives";
   - look, await, wait
    
3. Consider obligatory; request and expect
   "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons";
   - ask, require
    
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
   "They are expecting another child in January";
   - have a bun in the oven [informal], bear, carry, gestate

Derived forms: expected, expects, expecting

Type of: bear, birth, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, deliver, demand, evaluate, give birth, have, judge, pass judgment, reckon, regard, see, think, view

Encyclopedia: Expect