expects

Verb

expect (third-person singular simple present expects, present participle expecting, simple past and past participle expected)

1. (ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
   • when you least expect it

   Synonyms:

   anticipate, hope, look for, bargain for

2. To consider obligatory or required.
   • England expects that every man will do his duty.1805, Nelson, Horatio via Pasco, John, signal sent at the Battle of Trafalgar

   Synonyms:

   call for, demand

3. To consider reasonably due.
   • My parents expected too much of me when I was in college.

   Synonyms:

   hope, want, wish

4. (continuous aspect only) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
   • We are expecting our third in June.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
   • Let's in, and there expect their coming.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   await, abide, attend, bide, hold up, keep, remain, stay, tarry, tend

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait; to stay.
   • I will 'expect until my change in death, / And answer at Thy call1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   wait