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“expects”
expect (ik SPEKT) (verb), expects; expected; expecting
1. To look forward to, plan on, look for, anticipate: "The skiers expected deep snow in this winter."
2. Demand, look for, require, count on: "The company expects promptness of every employee."
3. Assume, presume, calculate, contemplate: "I expect to see her here soon."
4. Etymology: from the 1550's, "wait, defer action"; from Latin expectare/exspectare, "await, look out for, desire, hope"; from Latin expectare, "look out for", from ex-, "out" + spectare, "to look".
2. Demand, look for, require, count on: "The company expects promptness of every employee."
3. Assume, presume, calculate, contemplate: "I expect to see her here soon."
4. Etymology: from the 1550's, "wait, defer action"; from Latin expectare/exspectare, "await, look out for, desire, hope"; from Latin expectare, "look out for", from ex-, "out" + spectare, "to look".
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ex-, e-, ef-
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spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective
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