'Expecting' definitions:
Definition of 'Expecting'
From: GCIDE
- Expect \Ex*pect"\, 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.] [1913 Webster]
- Let's in, and there expect their coming. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. "Good: I will expect you." --Shak. "Expecting thy reply." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expecting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- atiptoe,
- awaiting,
- aweless,
- big,
- big with child,
- big-laden,
- breeding,
- calm,
- carrying,
- carrying a fetus,
- certain,
- composed,
- confident,
- cool,
- eager,
- expectant,
- expected,
- forearmed,
- forestalling,
- forewarned,
- gaping,
- gestating,
- gone,
- gravid,
- great,
- heavy,
- heavy with child,
- hopeful,
- in anticipation,
- in expectation,
- inexcitable,
- knocked up,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- not surprised,
- optimistic,
- parturient,
- preggers,
- pregnant,
- prepared,
- ready,
- sanguine,
- superfetate,
- superimpregnated,
- sure,
- teeming,
- unamazed,
- unastonished,
- unastounded,
- unawed,
- unbewildered,
- undazed,
- undazzled,
- undumbfounded,
- unimpressed,
- unmarveling,
- unmoved,
- unsurprised,
- unwondering,
- waiting,
- waiting for,
- watching for,
- with child,
- wonderless