verb
-pects; -pected; -pecting
[+ obj] :to think that something will probably or certainly happen
[+ obj] :to think that (someone or something) will arrive or that (something) will happen
[+ obj] :to consider (something) to be reasonable, required, or necessary
always used in progressive tenses [no obj] :to be pregnant
[+ obj] informal :to suppose or think - usually used after I