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"expect" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often anticipate (10 letters).
Definitions
Think something is likely to happen.
Word origin
From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).
Used in a sentence
“when you least expect it”
“I expect to be able to walk again after getting over my broken leg.”
“The hostage is expected to be released later today.”
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