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Verbs
1. (verb) anticipate, expect;
  - regard something as probable or likely;
  - “The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”;

2. (verb) ask, expect, require;
  - consider obligatory; request and expect;
  - “We require our secretary to be on time”; “Aren’t we asking too much of these children?”; “I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons”;

3. (verb) await, expect, look, wait;
  - look forward to the probable occurrence of;
  - “We were expecting a visit from our relatives”; “She is looking to a promotion”; “he is waiting to be drafted”;

4. (verb) expect;
  - consider reasonable or due;
  - “I’m expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed”;

5. (verb) expect;
  - look forward to the birth of a child;
  - “She is expecting in March”;

6. (verb) bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven;
  - be pregnant with;
  - “She is bearing his child”; “The are expecting another child in January”; “I am carrying his child”;

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