expect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expect	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for expect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expect v regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" Synonym(s): expect, anticipate 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" Synonym(s): ask, require, expect 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" Synonym(s): expect, look, await, wait consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March" be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" Synonym(s): have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expect \Expect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expecting}.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See {Spectacle}.] 1. To wait for; to await. [Obs.] Let's in, and there expect* their coming. --Shak. 2. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated. [bd]Good: I will expect you.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Expecting thy reply.[b8] --Shak. The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day. --Macaulay. Syn: To anticipate; look for; await; hope. Usage: To {Expect}, {Think}, {Believe}, {Await}. Expect is a mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he expects to survive. Think and believe have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future; as I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See {Anticipate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expect \Ex*pect"\, v. t. To wait; to stay. [Obs.] --Sandys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expect \Ex*pect"\, n. Expectation. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
expect A {Unix} tool written in {Tcl} and a {script language} for automating the operation of {interactive} applications such as {telnet}, {FTP}, {passwd}, {fsck}, {rlogin}, {tip}, etc.. Expect can feed input to other programs and perform {pattern matching} on their output. It is also useful for testing these applications. By adding {Tk}, you can also wrap interactive applications in {X11} {GUI}s. {Home (http://expect.nist.gov/)}. ["expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Tasks", Don Libes, Comp Sys 4(2), U Cal Press Journals, Nov 1991]. (1997-06-09)