Expect

v. t.	1.	To wait for; to await. [imp. & p. p. Expected; p. pr. & vb. n. Expecting.] 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. The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day. - Macaulay.
	1.	To wait; to stay.
n.	1.	Expectation.

Verb	1.	expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" Synonyms: anticipate
	2.	expect - 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" Synonyms: require, ask
	3.	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" Synonyms: await, wait, look
	4.	expect - consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
	5.	expect - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" Synonyms: have a bun in the oven, gestate, bear, carry
	6.	expect - look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"

(language, tool)

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 GUIs. http://expect.nist.gov/. ["expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Tasks", Don Libes, Comp Sys 4(2), U Cal Press Journals, Nov 1991].

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