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Expect

/ɪkˈspekt/
To believe that something will happen or someone will arrive, often with a sense of anticipation or waiting.

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Examples:

Perhaps she expects me to say, 'Send the roses back.'

'Is Professor Challenger expecting you?' he asked.

The pace is faster than I expected.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the Latin expectare, meaning to await, look out for, composed of ex, meaning out, and spectare, meaning to look.

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