expects

verb

(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen

To consider obligatory or required.

To consider reasonably due.

(continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.

(obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.

(obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.

Roots

speciospect- · Latin · look, watch

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Where does expects come from?

The word expects breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root spect-, from Latin specio (“look, watch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.