| expect | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| ~ guess, reckon, imagine, opine, suppose, think | expect, believe, or suppose.; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" |
| ~ assume, presume, take for granted | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.; "I assume his train was late" |
| ~ conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize, hypothecate, suppose | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | 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" |
| ~ believe, trust | be confident about something.; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
| v. (communication) | 2. ask, expect, require | 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" |
| ~ demand | request urgently and forcefully.; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" |
| ~ call | require the presentation of for redemption before maturation.; "Call a bond" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. await, expect, look, wait | 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" |
| ~ expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| ~ look forward | expect or hope for.; "I look to hear from you soon" |
| ~ look to | turn one's interests or expectations towards.; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings" |
| ~ hold the line, hang on, hold on | hold the phone line open.; "Please hang on while I get your folder" |
| ~ look for, look to, anticipate | be excited or anxious about. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. expect | consider reasonable or due.; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (body) | 5. expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| ~ have a bun in the oven, gestate, expect, bear, carry | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | 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" |
| v. (body) | 6. bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven | be pregnant with.; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" |
| ~ conceive | become pregnant; undergo conception.; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ expect | look forward to the birth of a child.; "She is expecting in March" |
| muse | | |
| n. (person) | 1. muse | in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science. |
| ~ greek deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks. |
| ~ calliope | (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry. |
| ~ clio | (Greek mythology) the Muse of history. |
| ~ erato | (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry. |
| ~ euterpe | (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute). |
| ~ melpomene | (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy. |
| ~ polyhymnia | (Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance. |
| ~ terpsichore | (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song. |
| ~ thalia | (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. |
| ~ urania | (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. muse | the source of an artist's inspiration.; "Euterpe was his muse" |
| ~ germ, source, seed | anything that provides inspiration for later work. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ premeditate | think or reflect beforehand or in advance.; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake" |
| ~ theologise, theologize | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects. |
| ~ introspect | reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings. |
| ~ bethink | consider or ponder something carefully.; "She bethought her of their predicament" |
| ~ cogitate | consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind. |
| ~ wonder, question | place in doubt or express doubtful speculation.; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" |
| ~ puzzle | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide.; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" |
| ~ consider, study | give careful consideration to.; "consider the possibility of moving" |
| ponder | | |
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