Entry Word: expect

Function: verb

Meaning: to believe in the future occurrence of (something) <we expect their arrival late this afternoon>

Synonyms anticipate, await, hope (for), watch (for)

Related Words bank on, count (on or upon), depend (on or upon), rely (on or upon); envisage, foresee; foretell, predict, prophesy; assume, presume, presuppose; contemplate, eye, view

Phrases look for, look forward to

Near Antonyms doubt, question